Effectiveness of Neurofeedback Treatment in Improvement of Working Memory of Brain injury Patients (TBI) and Reform the Brainwave Pattern

The aim of this study is examining the effectiveness of neurofeedback therapeutic method on short term memory scales and brainwave pattern of moderate traumatic brain injury patients. In this purpose 12 volunteers of moderate brain injury patients. Were selected in a purpositative way and on the basis of age matched and assigned in two experimental and control groups. Then all the subjects were assessed by wechler memory scale (W.M.S) and quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG). The patients of experimental group, have recovered 25 sessions of neurofeedback therapy (five weeks, six sessions in every week). Control group’s patients were in prospect list. At the end of the course all the subjects were assessed by wechler memory scale (W.M.S) and QEEG test. The results of Wilcoxon analysis showed the after finishing the course, experimental group, in comparison with control group, have had a significantly more improvement in mental control, rational memory, association learning, and total score in memory and also in theta (frontal, central), alpha (central, parietal), beta (frontal, central, parietal), SMR (frontal, central) brain waves. Therefor neurofeedback treatment can be used to improve the cognitive sequelae in patients suffer from brain injury.