Virtual reality treatment and assessments for post-stroke unilateral spatial neglect: A systematic literature review

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 409-454

  Ogourtsova, Tatiana ^a,b   Souza Silva, Wagner ^a,b   Archambault, Philippe S ^a,b   Lamontagne, Anouk ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JEWISH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 dimensional environment; Cerebrovascular accident; Evidence; Hemineglect; Simulated reality

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STROKE REHABILITATION;

HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPACE PERCEPTION; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84948778707     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2015.1113187     Document Type: Review

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