Efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with visual scanning treatment on cognitive and behavioral symptoms of left hemispatial neglect in right hemispheric stroke patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Left hemispatial neglect (LHN) is a neuropsychological syndrome often associated with right hemispheric stroke. Patients with LHN have difficulties in attending, responding, and consciously representing the right side of space. Various rehabilitation protocols have been proposed to reduce clinical symptoms related to LHN, using cognitive treatments, or on non-invasive brain stimulation. However, evidence of their benefit is still lacking; in particular, only a few studies focused on the efficacy of combining different approaches in the same patient.

Methods

In the present study, we present the SMART ATLAS trial (Stimolazione MAgnetica Ripetitiva Transcranica nell'ATtenzione LAteralizzata dopo Stroke), a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial with pre-test (base

SUBMITTER: Di Gregorio F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7789759 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature