A randomized controlled trial comparing 2 interventions for visual field loss with standard occupational therapy during inpatient stroke rehabilitation

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 463-469

  Mödden, Claudia ^a   Behrens, Marion ^b   Damke, Iris ^a   Eilers, Norbert ^a   Kastrup, Andreas ^c   Hildebrandt, Helmut ^c,d  

^a Rehabilitationszentrum Oldenburg   (Germany)

^b Hedon Klinik Lingen   (Germany)

^c Klinik für Neurologie   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

compensatory treatment; restitution training; stroke; visual field defect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER BASED COMPENSATORY THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; REHABILITATION CARE; RESTORATIVE COMPUTERIZED TRAINING; STROKE; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; READING; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84860845459     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968311425927     Document Type: Article

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