Incremental limb hypometria.
To find out if patients with right hemisphere strokes (RHD) demonstrate a form of progressive or incremental limb hypometria (ILH), 11 RHD patients and eight matched controls were tested by having them draw a series of horizontal lines while blindfolded. Unlike controls, six RHD patients displayed an incremental decrease in the length of lines they drew, a sign of ILH. ILH might be a common source of disability and hinder rehabilitation efforts.
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Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine, L3-100 McKnight Brain Institute, Newell Drive, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D001132:Arm / Q000502:physiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019957:Motor Skills Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D011187:Posture; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*