Clinical Trial: Prism Adaptation Therapy (PAT) for Right Brain Stroke Rehabilitation
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Condition: Spatial Neglect After Right Brain Stroke
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Prism Adaptation Treatment (PAT) for Right Brain Stroke Rehabilitation
Brief Summary:
After a right brain stroke, >50% of Veterans experience problems with dressing, eating, self-care or steering their wheelchairs because their ability to move, orient, and respond toward the left side is limited: spatial neglect.Spatial neglect prevents them from functioning independently, and their needs in the hospital and at home are greatly increased.An effective treatment for spatial neglect is 10 days of visuomotor training while wearing optical prisms (PAT), however many clinicians [fail to diagnose…
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