The virtual reality lateralized attention test: Sensitivity and validity of a new clinical tool for assessing hemispatial neglect

2008 Virtual Rehabilitation, IWVR

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 77-82

  Dawson, Amanda M ^a   Buxbaum, Laurel J ^b   Rizzo, Albert A ^c  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NAVIGATION; PATIENT REHABILITATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ATTENTION DEFICITS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS; CLINICAL TOOLS; HEMISPATIAL NEGLECTS; PREDICTED PERFORMANCES; RIGHT HEMISPHERES; SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENTS; STROKE PATIENTS; TASK LEVELS;

TESTING;

EID: 57849149549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICVR.2008.4625140     Document Type: Conference Paper

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