Evolution on Cognitive Rehabilitation after Stroke: from Traditional Techniques to Smart and Personalised ICT Home-based Systems

Abstract

Background: Neurological patients after stroke usually present cognitive deficits which impose a dependency in their daily living. These deficits mainly affect the performance of some daily activities which can be dangerous if no supervision is provided. For that reason, stroke patients need long-term processes for their cognitive rehabilitation. Considering that classical techniques are focused on acting as a guide, teaching by repetition and they depend on the help of therapists, big efforts are being made to improve current methodologies and get benefits from ehealth and web-based architectures to implement ICT systems that achieve reliable, personalized and home-based platforms to increase efficiency and level of attractiveness for patients and carers.