Understanding and Treating "Pusher Syndrome"

Physical Therapy

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1119-1125

  Karnath, Hans Otto ^a   Broetz, Doris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hemiparesis; Pusher syndrome; Spatial neglect; Spatial orientation; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; APHASIA; BALANCE DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; GRAVITY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; NEGLECT; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS; PUSHER SYNDROME; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STROKE; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME; TILTING; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0344153283     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/83.12.1119     Document Type: Review

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