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Advances in the Rehabilitation of Hemispatial Inattention

Singh, Neena R; Leff, Alexander P; (2023) Advances in the Rehabilitation of Hemispatial Inattention. Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports , 23 pp. 33-48. 10.1007/s11910-023-01252-8. Green open access

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Abstract

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: There continue to be a plethora of approaches to the rehabilitation of hemispatial inattention, from different forms of sensory stimulation (visual, auditory and somatosensory feedback), through all major modes of non-invasive brain stimulation to drug therapies. Here we summarise trials published in the years 2017-2022 and tabulate their effect sizes, with the aim of drawing on common themes that may serve to inform future rehabilitative studies. RECENT FINDINGS: Immersive virtual reality approaches to visual stimulation seem well tolerated, although they have yet to yield any clinically relevant improvements. Dynamic auditory stimulation looks very promising and has high potential for implementation. Robotic interventions are limited by their cost and are perhaps best suited to patients with a co-occurring hemiparesis. Regarding brain stimulation, rTMS continues to demonstrate moderate effects but tDCS studies have yielded disappointing results so far. Drugs, primarily aimed at the dopaminergic system, often demonstrate beneficial effects of a medium size, but as with many of the approaches, it seems difficult to predict responders and non-responders. Our main recommendation is that researchers consider incorporating single-case experimental designs into their studies as rehabilitation trials are likely to remain small in terms of patient numbers, and this is the best way to deal with all the factors that cause large between-subject heterogeneity.

Type: Article
Title: Advances in the Rehabilitation of Hemispatial Inattention
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-023-01252-8
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11910-023-01252-8
Language: English
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Keywords: Brain stimulation, Dopaminergic therapy, Hemispatial inattention, Neglect, Rehabilitation, Sensory stimulation
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Brain Repair and Rehabilitation
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10166469
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