Functional improvements following the use of the NVT Vision Rehabilitation program for patients with hemianopia following stroke

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-30

  Hayes, Allison ^a   Chen, Celia S ^b   Clarke, Gayle ^a   Thompson, Annette ^c  

^a NVT Systems   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Royal Society for the Blind   (Australia)

Author keywords

acquired brain injury; activities of daily living; compensatory visual scanning.; hemianopia; mobility; Neurological vision deficits; quality of life; stroke; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; NVT VISION REHABILITATION PROGRAM; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84866843942     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2012-0771     Document Type: Article

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