Abstract

Objective To investigate the performances in line bisection(LB)and line cancellation(LC)tasks of patients with unilateral neglect.Methods The unilateral neglect patients,performances in LB and LC tasks before and after rehabilitation treatment were retrospectively analyzed.Results Before treatment,statistical analyses revealed the patients,performances in LC and LB tasks did not differ from each other(P =0.902).After treatment,statistical analyses revealed a significant difference between the two tasks(P =0.007).With LB only,29/30(97%)patients with neglect were detected;with LC only,22/30(73%)patients with neglect were detected.Conclusions As the performances of unilateral neglect patients improved,patients revealed difference between the performances in LB and in LC tasks.One test alone would miss some subjects with neglect.Combinative use of the two tests was more sensitive than either of the 2 tests alone. Key words: Unilateral neglect; Line bisection; Line cancellation; Rehabilitation

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