Abstract
Visual neglect can be a major disability after stroke and may impede rehabilitation. 1 Halligan PW Marshall JC The history and clinical presentation of neglect. in: Robertson IH Marshall JC Unilateral neglect: clinical and experimental studies. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Ltd, Hove1993: 3-25 Google Scholar , 2 Stone SP Patel P Greenwood RJ Halligan PW Measuring visual neglect in acute stroke and predicting its recovery: the visual neglect recovery index. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1992; 55: 431-436 Crossref PubMed Scopus (187) Google Scholar Early detection of the disorder is important for allocation of rehabilitation resources. 3 Stone SP Halligan PW Greenwood RJ The incidence of neglect phenomena and related disorders in patients with an acute right or left hemisphere stroke. Age Ageing. 1993; 22: 46-52 Crossref PubMed Scopus (312) Google Scholar We studied to what extent visual neglect can be measured as a solitary defect and how it can be assessed in acute stroke patients.
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