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Rehabilitation for Spatial Neglect Improves Test Performance But Not Disability
Stroke 38:2869-2870, Bowen,A. &Lincoln,N.B., 2007
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Article Abstract
Several types of neglect specific approaches are now described in the literature. They can alter performance on impairment measures and warrant further investigation in high quality randomized controlled trials. Training in visual scanning was the approach most often related to improving performance detecting and canceling visual targets or bisecting lines. Prism use (simply wearing prisms rather than prism adaptation training) was also successfully used in 1 study but outcome was not measured after the intervention ended, so we o not know whether prism effects persist. However, there is insufficient evidence to support or refute the effectiveness of any of these approaches at reducing disability, the main aim of rehabilitation.
 
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