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Incremental limb hypometria

Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA

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K M Heilman
Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine, L3-100 McKnight Brain Institute, Newell Drive, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA

ABSTRACT
To find out if patients with right hemisphere strokes (RHD) demonstrate a form of progressive or incremental limb hypometria (ILH), 11 RHD patients and eight matched controls were tested by having them draw a series of horizontal lines while blindfolded. Unlike controls, six RHD patients displayed an incremental decrease in the length of lines they drew, a sign of ILH. ILH might be a common source of disability and hinder rehabilitation efforts.

Abbreviations: ILH, incremental limb hypometria

Keywords: hypometria; impersistence; right hemisphere; stroke