Rehabilitation of chronic post-stroke visual field defect with computer-assisted training: A clinical and neurophysiological study

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 19-28

  Julkunen, Laura ^a,b   Tenovuo, Olli ^b   Jääskeläinen, Satu ^b   Hämäläinen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chronic stroke; Computer assisted training; Perimetry; Plasticity; Rehabilitation; Visual evoked potential; Visual field defect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0037534347     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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