Randomized control trial of computer-based rehabilitation of spatial neglect syndrome: the RESPONSE trial protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Spatial neglect is a frequent and debilitating consequence of acquired brain injury and currently has no widely accepted standard of care. While previous interventions for spatial neglect have targeted patients' overt spatial deficits (e.g., reduced contralesional visual scanning), far fewer have directly targeted patients' non-spatial deficits (e.g., sustained attention deficits). Considering that non-spatial deficits have shown to be highly predictive of long-term disability, we developed a novel computer based training program that targets both sustained (tonic) and moment-to-moment (phasic) aspects of non-spatial attention (Tonic and Phasic Alertness Training, TAPAT). Preliminary studies demonstrate that TAPAT is safe and effective in improving both spatial and non-s

SUBMITTER: Vleet TV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3922254 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature