Cognitive Rehabilitation Interventions for Neglect and Related Disorders: Moving from Bench to Bedside in Stroke Patients

The spatial neglect syndrome, defined by asymmetric attention and action not attributed to primary motor or sensory dysfunction and accompanied by functional disability, is a major cause of post-stroke morbidity. In this review, we consider the challenges and obstacles facing scientific researches w...

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Published in:Journal of cognitive neuroscience 2006-07, Vol.18 (7), p.1223-1236
Main Authors: Barrett, Anna M., Buxbaum, Laurel J., Coslett, H. Branch, Edwards, Emmeline, Heilman, Kenneth M., Hillis, Argye E., Milberg, William P., Robertson, Ian H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition & reasoning
Cognition Disorders - psychology
Cognition Disorders - rehabilitation
Disorders of higher nervous function. Focal brain diseases. Central vestibular syndrome and deafness. Brain stem syndromes
Humans
Medical sciences
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Neurology
Neurosciences
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reeducation. Readaptation. Sociotherapy
Rehabilitation
Stroke
Stroke - psychology
Stroke Rehabilitation
Treatments
Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
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Summary:The spatial neglect syndrome, defined by asymmetric attention and action not attributed to primary motor or sensory dysfunction and accompanied by functional disability, is a major cause of post-stroke morbidity. In this review, we consider the challenges and obstacles facing scientific researches wishing to evaluate the mechanisms and effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions. Spatial neglect is a heterogeneous disorder, for which consensus research definitions are not currently available, and it is unclear which of the deficits associated with the syndrome causes subsequent disability. We review current opinion about methods of assessment, suggest a rational approach to selecting therapies which requires further study, and make systems-level and theoretical recommendations for building theory. We lastly review some creative questions for consideration in future research.
ISSN:0898-929X
1530-8898
DOI:10.1162/jocn.2006.18.7.1223