Table 1.
Demographic and clinical data of all 54 right brain damaged stroke patients
| Spatial neglect |
No neglect | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Recovered | Chronic | ||
| Number | 16 | 8 | 30 |
| Sex (M/F) | 6/10 | 2/6 | 17/13 |
| Age (years) | 63.1 (13.4) | 68.4 (7.9) | 61.8 (15.9) |
| Aetiology | 14 infarct, 2 haemorrhage | 8 infarct | 25 infarct, 5 haemorrhage |
| Visual field defects (% present) | 13 | 50 | 17 |
| Hemiparesis (% present) | 94 | 100 | 67 |
| Arm | 2.3 (2.0) | 1.9 (1.4) | 4.0 (1.0) |
| Leg | 2.7 (1.9) | 2.1 (1.8) | 4.4 (0.8) |
| Spatial neglect | |||
| Letter cancellation | |||
| Initial phase (CoC) | 0.54 (0.29) | 0.73 (0.11) | <0.01 (0.01) |
| Chronic phase (CoC) | 0.01 (0.02) | 0.36 (0.33) | |
| Bells test | |||
| Initial phase (CoC) | 0.53 (0.33) | 0.79 (0.11) | <0.01 (0.03) |
| Chronic phase (CoC) | <0.01 (0.03) | 0.31 (0.30) | |
| Copying | |||
| Initial phase (% correct) | 54 (28) | 41 (22) | 97 (5) |
| Chronic phase (% correct) | 98 (5) | 25 (25) | |
| Eye-in-head position (°) | 5.0 (10.6) | 8.1 (7.1) | −2.5 (10.6) |
Data are presented as mean (SD).
CoC = Centre of Cancellation. (Rorden and Karnath, 2010).