The natural history of visual neglect after stroke Indications from two methods of assessment
| Autor: | Derick T Wade, Alan Sunderland, R Langton Hewer |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment media_common.quotation_subject Vision Disorders Brain damage Neglect Physical medicine and rehabilitation Humans Medicine Stroke Aged media_common Aged 80 and over Rehabilitation business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Visual neglect General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Natural history Cerebrovascular Disorders Hemianopsia medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | International Disability Studies. 9:55-59 |
| ISSN: | 0259-9147 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/03790798709166235 |
| Popis: | A simple copying task and a measure of position preference on a multiple-choice test were used to assess the incidence of visual neglect after stroke. The patients studied were drawn from a register of strokes occurring in a typical health district. These tests detected visual neglect in 8-11% of patients 3 weeks after stroke and it was more frequent after right-sided rather than left-sided brain damage. Significant neglect was rarely observed by 6 months after stroke but further recovery did occur between 6 months and 1 year. Neglect appeared to exert a slowing influence on rehabilitation and we propose that training procedures to combat neglect should be evaluated for routine use in rehabilitation centres. |
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