Rehabilitation of Unilateral Neglect: Improving Function by Contralesional Limb Activation

• Published in: Neuropsychological rehabilitation Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 19 - 29
• Main Authors: Robertson, Ian H., Hogg, Karen, McMillan, Tom M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hove Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.1998; Taylor & Francis; Psychology Press
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Medical sciences; Patients; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Reeducation. Readaptation. Sociotherapy; Rehabilitation; Strokes; Treatments; Unilateral neglect; Case study; Human; Nervous system diseases; Treatment; Limb; Body movement; Activation; Rehabilitation; Neurological disorder; Motricity; Neglect of space exploration

Unilateral neglect predicts poor motor recovery following right hemisphere stroke. Contralesional limb activation has previously been shown to reduce neglect of the left side of space (Robertson & North, 1992), and it is proposed that this happens in part due to overcoming inhibition from compet...