Recovery of Visuospatial Neglect Subtypes and Relationship to Functional Outcome Six Months After Stroke.
Margaret J Moore, Kathleen Vancleef, M Jane Riddoch and 2 others
PMID 34269128WHAT IT FOUND
Allocentric neglect predicts poor long-term function, but unlike egocentric neglect, its severity does not predict recovery.
Patients with allocentric deficits may not improve proportionally to their initial loss. Standardised screening for allocentric errors is needed to identify those most at risk for chronic impairment.
Key findings
01Acute allocentric neglect severity, but not egocentric severity, significantly predicted lower functional independence scores at six months.
02Egocentric neglect followed a proportional recovery pattern where initial severity predicted chronic status, whereas allocentric neglect did not show this relationship.
03There was no significant difference in the proportion of patients who recovered from egocentric versus allocentric neglect at six months.
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