Validation of a low-cost virtual reality system for training street-crossing. A comparative study in healthy, neglected and non-neglected stroke individuals

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 597-618

  Navarro, María Dolores ^a   Lloréns, Roberto ^b   Noé, Enrique ^a   Ferri, Joan ^a   Alcañiz, Mariano ^b,c  

^a Hospital NISA Valencia al Mar y NISA Sevilla Aljarafe   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hemispatial neglect; Street crossing; Stroke; Unilateral spatial neglect; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881369824     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2013.806269     Document Type: Article

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