Clinical assessment of tactile extinction: traditional double simultaneous stimulation versus quality extinction test.
The clinical assessment of tactile extinction is reviewed. The traditional or classical methods of double simultaneous stimulation (DSS) are compared/contrasted with the more recent Quality Extinction Test (QET). Various case studies are used to demonstrate the greater sensitivity of the QET over traditional DSS methods in detecting cerebral pathology. Clinical implications are discussed.
Tucker
D M
DM
Department of Neurology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, UM Hospitals & Clinics, Columbia 65212, USA.
Bigler
E D
ED