title: The assessment of visuo-spatial neglect after acute stroke.
abstract: Forty four consecutive patients with acute hemispheric stroke and forty seven elderly controls with no neurological disease were assessed for visuo-spatial neglect, using a modified neglect test battery. Neglect was found to be equally common in patients with right hemisphere and left hemisphere stroke three days after stroke (72% versus 62%). It was more severe in those with a right hemisphere stroke and resolved more frequently in those with a left hemisphere stroke. The battery was validated against an occupational therapist's assessment of neglect on self-care tasks. The inter-observer reliability was good and it was possible to monitor changes over time with the battery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wroot
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Halligan
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Greenwood
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology