Author(s)

Roberta Márcia Torres, Kristiana Cerqueira Mousinho, Liércio Pinheiro, Nathália Costa Toledo Pacheco Piatti, Taise Almeida Cavalcante, Aline da Silva Amorim, Ana Karolina Barros de Jesus, Maria Wylianna Oliveira dos Santos, Euclides Maurício Trindade Filho

University Center CESMAC, Maceió, Brazil.

Objective: This study aimed to carry out a topographical analysis of frontal lobe executive function components in post-stroke patients. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study. The assessment using the WCST (Wisconsin Card Sorting Test) included sixteen patients with a clinical diagnosis of CVA and frontal lobe impairment. Results from the two groups were compared (patients with right frontal lobe impairment and patients with left frontal lobe impairment). Statistical analysis was performed using the program “Statistical Package for Social Sciences” (SPSS) Version 20.0. For comparison between groups was used Mann-Whitney test and considered the alpha level of 0.05 on the statistically significant results. Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the groups, thus showing that executive functions are symmetrically distributed across the frontal lobes. Conclusion: Executive functions are symmetrically organized across the two frontal lobes, since the comparison between the groups did not demonstrate a statistically significant difference for any of the variables of WSCT.

Executive Function, Stroke, Frontal Lobe, Neuropsychology

Torres, R. , Mousinho, K. , Pinheiro, L. , Piatti, N. , Cavalcante, T. , da Silva Amorim, A. , de Jesus, A. , dos Santos, M. and Filho, E. (2016) Topographical Analysis of Frontal Lobe Executive Functions in Patients Following a Stroke. World Journal of Neuroscience, 6, 143-150. doi: 10.4236/wjns.2016.62018.