Assessment of visuospatial neglect in stroke patients using virtual reality: A pilot study

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 280-286

  Jannink, Michiel J A ^a   Aznar, Miguel ^b   De Kort, Alexander Cornelis ^c   Van De Vis, Wim ^c   Veltink, Peter ^b   Van Der Kooij, Herman ^b  

^a ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c Rehabilitation Centre Het Roessingh   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Perceptual disorders; User computer interface

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STROKE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHALLENGE LEVELS; CHRONIC STROKE; COMPUTER INTERFACES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPLORATION TASKS; MEAN RESPONSE TIME; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL; PILOT STUDIES; SEARCH PATTERNS; SPACE-BASED; STROKE PATIENTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); TIME SPENT; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL-REALITY ENVIRONMENT;

ACCIDENTS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PATIENT REHABILITATION; STATISTICAL TESTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NEGLECT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNILATERAL NEGLECT; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUOSPATIAL NEGLECT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; COLOR PERCEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPACE PERCEPTION; STROKE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 72849130001     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MRR.0b013e3283013b1c     Document Type: Article

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