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Abstract Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of educational games as a neuropsychological rehabilitation resource in people affected by stroke. Methods: pre-experimental clinical research of a single case, carried out between March 2017 and August 2018 at the Centro Especializado em Reabilitação, linked to the Universidade Estadual do Pará, PA, Brazil. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment was used to identify cognitive alterations and the Direct Assessment Fuctional Scale to detect functional alterations. Participants were divided into 3 groups, and each group received occupational therapy interventions twice a week, lasting 1 hour each, totaling 10 group sessions. The following games were used: Jogo da mesada, Kaleidos, Super Lince, Bingo das letras, Hora certa e Un. Results: eight men and six women participated. The age was 49.5 years (+8.7). Of these, six were included in Group 1, five in Group 2 and three in Group 3. The evaluation carried out with the MoCA showed that the cognitive domains that presented the greatest alterations were: memory, visuospatial and executive function, language and attention. There was a statistically significant increase in the total scores of the Direct Assessment Functional Scale (79.4+17.5 in the assessment to 84.9+12.9 in the reassessment). Conclusion: the effectiveness of games was observed as a resource in the rehabilitation of patients with stroke sequelae.

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