We present the case of a 64-year old male suffering from an acute ischemic stroke affecting the complete territory of the right middle cerebral artery. After the stroke, the patient had severe motor and functional deficits, associated with an intense attentional deficit in the context of a left unilateral neglect. We carried out a longitudinal study using the Behavioral Inattentional Test to measure the clinical course during a one-year follow-up.
Evaluation and prognosis of a case of unilateral neglect: Longitudinal study with the Behavioural Inattention Test
 
  Keywords
 
 
  
   Acquired brain injury
  
 
 
  
   Behavioural Inattention Test
  
 
 
  
   Diagnosis
  
 
 
  
   Evolution
  
 
 
  
   Neurorehabilitation
  
 
 
  
   Unilateral neglect
  
 
Abstract
 The unilateral neglect syndrome is defined as the inability or difficulty to identify, refer, orient or respond to stimuli presented contralaterally to a brain injury in the <scp><neg>absence of</neg> <dis>elementary sensory or motor disorders</dis></scp>.
This syndrome is often associated with right parietal lesions, and the most frequent manifestations are <dis>attentional disturbances</dis>, <dis>perceptual deficits</dis> and <dis>somatosensorial disabilities</dis>.
We present the case of a 64-year old male suffering from an acute ischemic stroke affecting the complete territory of the right middle cerebral artery.
After the stroke, the patient had <dis>severe motor and functional deficits</dis>, associated with an <dis>intense attentional deficit</dis> in the context of a left unilateral neglect.
We carried out a longitudinal study using the Behavioral Inattentional Test to measure the clinical course during a one-year follow-up.
Our goal has been to show the sequence of clinical, cognitive and functional changes as well as the response of cases having similar severity to our case presented herein to specific rehabilitation programs.
Abstract
 The unilateral neglect syndrome is defined as the inability or difficulty to identify, refer, orient or respond to stimuli presented contralaterally to a brain injury in the absence of elementary sensory or motor disorders.
This syndrome is often associated with right parietal lesions, and the most frequent manifestations are attentional disturbances, perceptual deficits and somatosensorial disabilities.
We present the case of a 64-year old male suffering from an acute ischemic stroke affecting the complete territory of the right middle cerebral artery.
After the stroke, the patient had severe motor and functional deficits, associated with an intense attentional deficit in the context of a left unilateral neglect.
We carried out a longitudinal study using the Behavioral Inattentional Test to measure the clinical course during a one-year follow-up.
Our goal has been to show the sequence of clinical, cognitive and functional changes as well as the response of cases having similar severity to our case presented herein to specific rehabilitation programs.
We present the case of a 64-year old male suffering from an acute ischemic stroke affecting the complete territory of the right middle cerebral artery. After the stroke, the patient had <dis>severe motor and functional deficits</dis>, associated with an <dis>intense attentional deficit</dis> in the context of a left unilateral neglect. We carried out a longitudinal study using the Behavioral Inattentional Test to measure the clinical course during a one-year follow-up.
severe motor and functional deficits
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intense attentional deficit
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