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Dementia 2016
September 29-October 01, 2016
Volume 6 Issue 5(Suppl) J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 2016
ISSN:2161-0460 JADP, an open access journal
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September 29-October 01, 2016 London, UK
5th International Conference on
Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia
Valentin Bragin et al., J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 2016, 6:5(Suppl)
AMultifaceted rehabilitation model inAlzheimer’s Disease maintains brain speed over 60 Months:
A case report
Valentin Bragin1 and Ilya Bragin1,2
1Stress Relief and Memory Training Center, USA
2Upstate Medical University, USA
Objective: A multifaceted rehabilitation approach (MRA) in the treatment of Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) patients is aimed at
achieving optimum levels of physical, psychological and behavioral functioning in the presence of neurodegenerative processes,
aging, and the progression of chronic medical illnesses. We hypothesize that the simultaneous implementation of multiple
therapeutic modalities could delay the progression of dementia in mild and moderate stages including chronometric changes.
Here we describe an individual with multiple medical problems with dementia depression successfully treated with a MRA.
Methods: Case Report.
Results: The MRA consisted of standard pharmacotherapy, physical and mental exercises, and other interventions. It was
initiated in the office and maintained in the patient’s home indefinitely, as would any other program for chronic disease.
Finger taping speed, simple, and complex (go/no go) reaction time was used as a proxy for brain speed.
The patient is a 80 y.o. male, engineer, with a long history of memory loss, and depression, on memantine and venlafaxine . He
has hypertension, cardiovascular disease and dyslipidemia. At age 80, his finger taping speed, simple and complex reaction
time were 202 ± 12 ms, 239 ±72 ms and 431± 100 ms, respectively. After 60 months of the treatment his finger typing speed,
simple and complex reaction time were 186±14ms,
302±110 ms and 490±102 ms, respectively. Traditional cognitive testing results (MMSE) remained stable through this time
period
Conclusion: An MRA can been an effective intervention strategy to prevent decrease of brain speed in the setting of dementia
and depression.
Biography
Bragin, M.D., Ph.D. completed his MD and then PhD in biochemistry from the Medical Military Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia, where he studied the effects of
stress on organ function and ATP synthesis. He is the director of the Stress Relief and Memory Training Center in Brooklyn, NY. His interests include stress and
stress-related disorders. For many years he has focused on the rehabilitation of cognitive functioning in the elderly who suffer from memory loss and depression.