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Multimodal Stimulation in the Neurorehabilitation of Patients with Poststroke Cognitive Impairments

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Loss of functional activity after strokes occupies the leading position among the main causes of disability in the adult population throughout the world. Particular attention is currently paid to poststroke cognitive disorders. Construction of rehabilitation programs increasingly employs approaches based on multimodal treatments, which allows comprehensive coverage of the whole spectrum of ongoing neurological deficits in patients and provides the opportunity for more effective restoration of functional activity after stroke.

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Translated from Zhurnal Nevrologii i Psikhiatrii imeni S. S. Korsakova, Vol. 120, No. 5, Iss. 1, pp. 125–130, May, 2020.

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Kotov, S.V., Isakova, E.V., Zaitseva, E.V. et al. Multimodal Stimulation in the Neurorehabilitation of Patients with Poststroke Cognitive Impairments. Neurosci Behav Physi 51, 142–146 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11055-021-01049-7

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