Rehabilitation interventions for unilateral neglect after stroke: A systematic review from 1997 through 2012

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APR 2013, 2013, Pages

  Yang, Nicole Y H ^a,b,c   Zhou, D ^b   Chung, Raymond C K ^c   Li Tsang, Cecilia W P ^c   Fong, Kenneth N K ^c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Behavioral inattention test; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Systematic review; Unilateral neglect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL INATTENTION TEST; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTINUOUS THETA BURST STIMULATION; EFFECT SIZE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; META ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRISM ADAPTATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REHABILITATION CARE; REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UNILATERAL NEGLECT;

EID: 84933679177     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00187     Document Type: Article

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