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Research Reports

Ineffectiveness of Prism Adaptation on Spatial Neglect Signs

From the Service de Rééducation Neurologique and EA 2691, Hôpital Swynghedauw, CHRU de Lille, France.

Correspondence to M. Rousseaux, Service de Rééducation Neurologique, Hôpital Swynghedauw, CHRU, 59037 Lille Cedex, France. E-mail mrousseaux{at}chru-lille.fr

Background and Purpose— To evaluate the effect of prism adaptation (PA) on spatial neglect signs.

Methods— Ten patients (hemianopia in 6) and 8 control subjects were included. Tasks were reading single words, nonwords, and a text, bell cancellation, line bisection, and scene drawing, before and after adaptation, with either deviating or neutral prisms.

Results— Errors were more frequent in patients but without any specific effect of PA. We found partial improvement at the late sessions, independent of prisms.

Conclusions— We did not confirm the efficacy of PA on spatial neglect.

Key Words: neglect • rehabilitation • stroke

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