《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2009, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (02): 146-148.

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Rehabilitation for Unilateral Neglect Following Stroke (review)

LI Chuo, ZENG Jin-sheng   

  1. The Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yet-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong, China
  • Received:2008-10-15 Published:2009-02-01 Online:2009-02-01

Abstract: Unilateral neglect is a common and advanced nervous disorder of stroke, well-recognized predictor of poor neural functional outcome following stroke. There are several rehabilitation Methods including sensation input, visual scanning training, vestibular stimulation, head and trunk rotation, suggestive therapy, environmental adaptation and activities of daily living training, and some new therapies including prism adaptation, constraint-induced movement therapy, eye patching and transcranial magnetic stimulation developed in the past few years, which to some extent are effective on the treatment of neglect.

Key words: stroke, unilateral neglect, rehabilitation, review