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Ineffectiveness of prism adaptation on spatial neglect signs.

Rousseaux M, Bernati T, Saj A, Kozlowski O

Service de Rééducation Neurologique and EA 2691, Hôpital Swynghedauw, CHRU de Lille, France. mrousseaux@chru-lille.fr

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of prism adaptation (PA) on spatial neglect signs. METHODS: Ten patients (hemianopia in 6) and 8 control subjects were included. Tasks were reading single words, nonwords, and a text, bell cancellation, line bisection, and scene drawing, before and after adaptation, with either deviating or neutral prisms. RESULTS: Errors were more frequent in patients but without any specific effect of PA. We found partial improvement at the late sessions, independent of prisms. CONCLUSIONS: We did not confirm the efficacy of PA on spatial neglect.

Published 24 January 2006 in Stroke, 37(2): 542-3.
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