TBI-MEMORY (NON PHARMACOLOGIC) MGM

SUMMARY

EFFECTIVE
1. NeuroPage (level 4), voice-organizer programs (level 4), PDA (level 1b), text-message prompts (level 1b), television assisted prompting (level 2), voice organizer programs (level 2), calendars & diaries (level 2).
2. Internal strategies such as self-imagination (level 1b), spaced retrieval and rehearsal (level 2), and multiple encoding (level 2) are effective.
3. Memory-retraining programs appear effective, particularly for functional recovery (level 1b).

4. Computer-based interventions (Cognitive Pragmatic Treatment, Cogmed QM, & RehaCom software) are effective (level 4).

5. Interventions which include multiple learning techniques such as modelling, observation, verbal instruction, etc. are more effective than interventions which include a singular learning method (level 2).

6. Emotional self-regulation therapy may be effective for improving specific elements of memory.

INEFFECTIVE
1. Virtual reality programs may enhance the recovery of memory, learning, but there is limited evidence.
2. Attention training programs may not be effective for improving memory, but memory training programs are.
3. Cranial electrotherapy stimulation is not effective.

Reference(s)

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