Auditory feedback device in a patient with left-sided neglect.
A simple and inexpensive battery-powered device was constructed to alert a patient with left hemiplegia and left-sided neglect when his flaccid upper extremity was in a dependent position. The patient was instructed to retrieve his left extremity with his functional arm and place it on a lapboard. This decreased the mechanical forces placed on the shoulder joint. Concomitantly, his complaint of left shoulder pain decreased while his range of motion (ROM) increased. Because of on-going physical and occupational therapy, his symptomatic relief and increased ROM could not be attributed solely to this device, but it gave him greater control over his own treatment. The use of this device may result in increased awareness of the involved extremity as well as greater carry-over into activities of daily living.
D000368:Aged; D004867:Equipment Design; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D012785:Shoulder Joint