Is two better than one? Limb Activation Treatment combined with Contralesional Arm Vibration to ameliorate signs of left neglect
In the present study, we evaluated the effects of the Limb Activation Treatment (LAT) alone and in combination with the Contralateral Arm Vibration (CAV) on left neglect (LN) rehabilitation. We conceived them as techniques that both prompt the activation of the lesioned right hemisphere because of t...
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| author | Marco ePitteri Giorgio eArcara Laura ePassarini Francesca eMeneghello Konstantinos ePriftis Konstantinos ePriftis |
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| description | In the present study, we evaluated the effects of the Limb Activation Treatment (LAT) alone and in combination with the Contralateral Arm Vibration (CAV) on left neglect (LN) rehabilitation. We conceived them as techniques that both prompt the activation of the lesioned right hemisphere because of the activation (with the LAT as an active technique) and the stimulation (with the CAV as a passive technique) of the left hemibody. To test the effect of the simultaneous use of these two techniques (i.e., LAT and CAV) on visuo-spatial aspects of LN, we described the case of a LN patient (GR), who showed high intra-individual variability (IIV) in performance. Given the high IIV of GR, we used an ABAB repeated-measures design to better define the effectiveness of the combined application of LAT and CAV, as a function of time. The results showed an improvement of GR’s performance on the Bells test following the combined application of LAT and CAV, with respect to the application of LAT alone. We did not find, however, significant effects of treatment on two other LN tests (i.e., Line bisection and Picture scanning). We propose that the combined application of LAT and CAV can be beneficial for some aspects of LN. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-11c1140a84c343c799f0bcf2f7438aed2022-12-22T02:38:48ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612013-08-01710.3389/fnhum.2013.0046051926Is two better than one? Limb Activation Treatment combined with Contralesional Arm Vibration to ameliorate signs of left neglectMarco ePitteri0Giorgio eArcara1Laura ePassarini2Francesca eMeneghello3Konstantinos ePriftis4Konstantinos ePriftis5IRCCS San Camillo HospitalIRCCS San Camillo HospitalIRCCS San Camillo HospitalIRCCS San Camillo HospitalUniversity of PadovaIRCCS San Camillo HospitalIn the present study, we evaluated the effects of the Limb Activation Treatment (LAT) alone and in combination with the Contralateral Arm Vibration (CAV) on left neglect (LN) rehabilitation. We conceived them as techniques that both prompt the activation of the lesioned right hemisphere because of the activation (with the LAT as an active technique) and the stimulation (with the CAV as a passive technique) of the left hemibody. To test the effect of the simultaneous use of these two techniques (i.e., LAT and CAV) on visuo-spatial aspects of LN, we described the case of a LN patient (GR), who showed high intra-individual variability (IIV) in performance. Given the high IIV of GR, we used an ABAB repeated-measures design to better define the effectiveness of the combined application of LAT and CAV, as a function of time. The results showed an improvement of GR’s performance on the Bells test following the combined application of LAT and CAV, with respect to the application of LAT alone. We did not find, however, significant effects of treatment on two other LN tests (i.e., Line bisection and Picture scanning). We propose that the combined application of LAT and CAV can be beneficial for some aspects of LN.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00460/fullRehabilitationneglectlimb activationintra individual variabilityrepeated measuresarm vibration |
| spellingShingle | Marco ePitteri Giorgio eArcara Laura ePassarini Francesca eMeneghello Konstantinos ePriftis Konstantinos ePriftis Is two better than one? Limb Activation Treatment combined with Contralesional Arm Vibration to ameliorate signs of left neglect Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Rehabilitation neglect limb activation intra individual variability repeated measures arm vibration |
| title | Is two better than one? Limb Activation Treatment combined with Contralesional Arm Vibration to ameliorate signs of left neglect |
| title_full | Is two better than one? Limb Activation Treatment combined with Contralesional Arm Vibration to ameliorate signs of left neglect |
| title_fullStr | Is two better than one? Limb Activation Treatment combined with Contralesional Arm Vibration to ameliorate signs of left neglect |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is two better than one? Limb Activation Treatment combined with Contralesional Arm Vibration to ameliorate signs of left neglect |
| title_short | Is two better than one? Limb Activation Treatment combined with Contralesional Arm Vibration to ameliorate signs of left neglect |
| title_sort | is two better than one limb activation treatment combined with contralesional arm vibration to ameliorate signs of left neglect |
| topic | Rehabilitation neglect limb activation intra individual variability repeated measures arm vibration |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00460/full |
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