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Benedetta Basagni, Bahia Hakiki, Silvia Campagnini, Emilia Salvadori, Antonello Grippo, Anita Paperini, Chiara Castagnoli, Ines Hochleitner, Angela Maria Politi, Paola Gemignani, Irene Eleonora Mosca, Azzurra Franceschini, Enrico Bacci Bonotti, Alessandro Sodero, Andrea Mannini, Leonardo Pellicciari, Anna Poggesi, Claudio Macchi, Maria Chiara Carrozza, Francesca Cecchi
Summary: This study evaluated the diagnostic performance of NIHSS extinction and inattention item compared to OCS heart subtest. Results showed moderate agreement level and a decrease in accuracy for neglect detection in patients with abnormal scores on NIHSS visual field item. Extreme caution is recommended for the diagnostic performance of NIHSS extinction and inattention item.
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Clinical Neurology
Peii Chen, Kimberly Hreha, Chris Gonzalez-Snyder, Timothy J. Rich, Robert W. Gillen, Devan Parrott, A. M. Barrett
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the number of prism adaptation treatment (PAT) sessions and improvement in spatial neglect (SN) as well as rehabilitation outcomes. The results showed that a greater number of PAT sessions predicted greater improvement in SN and rehabilitation outcomes. The dosage of PAT had a significant impact on patients' rehabilitation progress.
NEUROREHABILITATION AND NEURAL REPAIR
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Clemence Bonnet, Benedicte Poulin-Charronnat, Vincent Ardonceau, Cyril Sirandre, Patrick Bard, Carine Michel
Summary: This study explored the sensorimotor after-effects of vertical prism adaptation as well as its effects on vertical visuospatial representation and auditory frequency representation. The results showed that vertical prism adaptation produced sensorimotor aftereffects in the opposite direction to the optical deviation. However, it did not significantly affect vertical visuospatial representation, but did significantly increase the percentage of low responses and the auditory subjective center.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Tomas Vilimovsky, Peii Chen, Kristyna Hoidekrova, Ondrej Slavicek, Pavel Harsa
Summary: This study examined the integration of prism adaptation treatment (PAT) into a rehabilitation program for stroke patients with spatial neglect (SN). The results showed that SN was associated with lower functional independence, increased risk of falls, and decreased functional level of the affected upper limb. However, stroke patients with SN who received PAT had similar rehabilitation gains compared to those without SN.
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Alessio Facchin, Giusi Figliano, Roberta Daini
Summary: Prism adaptation (PA) and optokinetic stimulation (OKS) were compared in their effectiveness for unilateral spatial neglect in a group of patients. Both treatments resulted in significant improvement in clinical tests during the initial phase of treatment.
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Clinical Neurology
Robert W. Gillen, Erin Y. Harmon, Brittany Weil, Benjamin Fusco-Gessick, Paul P. Novak, A. M. Barrett
Summary: This study examined the feasibility and effectiveness of Prism Adaptation Treatment (PAT) for spatial neglect in sub-acute survivors of right hemispheric stroke. The results showed that PAT was feasible during inpatient rehabilitation and had the most significant impact on patients with severe neglect.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(2022)
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Jannik Florian Scheffels, Sona Korabova, Paul Eling, Andreas Kastrup, Helmut Hildebrandt
Summary: This study examined the role of recalibration and realignment in neglect rehabilitation using prism adaptation (PA) and found that more recalibrations during an intermittent PA treatment may have a beneficial effect on improving spontaneous body orientation in neglect patients. However, it did not have an impact on other aspects of neglect or activities of daily living (ADL) performance. The effect sizes for the Apples Cancellation Test and the Functional Independence Measure were larger for both PA treatment protocols compared to historical control groups.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(2021)
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Behavioral Sciences
Stefano Terruzzi, Damiano Crivelli, Alberto Pisoni, Giulia Mattavelli, Leonor Josefina Romero Lauro, Nadia Bolognini, Giuseppe Vallar
Summary: This study investigated the role of the right posterior parietal cortex (PPC) in Prismatic Adaptation (PA) and Aftereffects (AEs) using low frequency repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS). The results showed that PPC plays a key role in the realignment process, while its impact on recalibration is limited.
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Pediatrics
Sabrina Signorini, Antonella Luparia, Giulia Cappagli, Eleonora Perotto, Mauro Antonini, Federica Morelli, Giorgia Aprile, Elena Ballante, Silvia Figini, Renato Borgatti
Summary: The study introduces a new clinical tool, VFS, to detect and define visual disorders through quantitative evaluation. VFS can differentiate between different types of visual impairments and consider environmental factors in quantitative scoring of visual functioning.
FRONTIERS IN PEDIATRICS
(2022)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Neena R. Singh, Alexander P. Leff
Summary: The purpose of this review is to summarize the studies published from 2017 to 2022 on rehabilitation approaches for hemispatial inattention and identify common themes to guide future research. Immersive virtual reality approaches to visual stimulation are well tolerated but have not yet shown clinically relevant improvements. Dynamic auditory stimulation shows promise and has high potential for implementation. Robotic interventions are limited by cost and may be most suitable for patients with co-occurring hemiparesis. Regarding brain stimulation, rTMS has moderate effects while tDCS studies have yielded disappointing results so far. Drugs targeting the dopaminergic system often demonstrate moderate beneficial effects, but predicting responders and non-responders remains a challenge.
CURRENT NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE REPORTS
(2023)
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Rehabilitation
Verity Longley, Kate Woodward-Nutt, Ailie J. Turton, Katie Stocking, Matthew Checketts, Ann Bamford, Emma Douglass, Julie Taylor, Julie Woodley, Pam Moule, Andy Vail, Audrey Bowen
Summary: The study investigated the feasibility and acceptability of prism adaptation training for stroke patients with inattention. It found that conducting high-quality prism adaptation training within occupational therapy during the early stages of stroke in a usual care setting is feasible and acceptable. However, no significant benefit over standard occupational therapy was observed.
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(2023)
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Selene Schintu, Stephen J. Gotts, Michael Freedberg, Sarah Shomstein, Eric M. Wassermann
Summary: A study using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) revealed the brain network connectivity and correlations underlying the sensorimotor and cognitive aftereffects induced by Prism Adaptation (PA). The findings showed that PA is supported by two functionally distinct subnetworks, one responsible for sensorimotor aftereffects and another responsible for cognitive aftereffects.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Biology
Amartya T. Mitra, Molly C. Womack, David J. Gower, Jeffrey W. Streicher, Brett Clark, Rayna C. Bell, Ryan K. Schott, Matthew K. Fujita, Kate N. Thomas
Summary: The shape and relative size of an ocular lens are influenced by the ecological environment and life stage of organisms. While aquatic animals typically have spherical lenses, terrestrial species have axially flattened lenses. Tadpoles have more spherical lenses compared to adults. Species with aquatic larvae and terrestrial adults usually undergo changes in lens shape during ecological development. The lens shape of adults is influenced by adult habits, with fossorial adults tending to retain spherical lenses. Additionally, lenses of aquatic and semiaquatic species are smaller relative to eye size compared to other adult ecologies.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
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Neurosciences
Katsuhiro Mizuno, Kengo Tsujimoto, Tetsuya Tsuji
Summary: The study found that prism adaptation therapy can improve the abilities of USN patients in gaze orientation and exploration of personal belongings, and significantly improve the self-awareness score.
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Neurosciences
Alexia Bourgeois, Francesco Turri, Armin Schnider, Radek Ptak
Summary: The study examined the effects of using virtual prism adaptation in the rehabilitation of spatial neglect and found significant effects on Open-Loop Pointing (OLP) but no transfer effects to line bisection and item cancellation tasks. Patients were not aware of differences between sessions in the study.
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION
(2022)