PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - S P Stone AU - B Wilson AU - A Wroot AU - P W Halligan AU - L S Lange AU - J C Marshall AU - R J Greenwood TI - The assessment of visuo-spatial neglect after acute stroke. AID - 10.1136/jnnp.54.4.345 DP - 1991 Apr 01 TA - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry PG - 345--350 VI - 54 IP - 4 4099 - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/54/4/345.short 4100 - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/54/4/345.full SO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1991 Apr 01; 54 AB - Forty four consecutive patients with acute hemispheric stroke and forty seven elderly controls with no neurological disease were assessed for visuo-spatial neglect, using a modified neglect test battery. Neglect was found to be equally common in patients with right hemisphere and left hemisphere stroke three days after stroke (72% versus 62%). It was more severe in those with a right hemisphere stroke and resolved more frequently in those with a left hemisphere stroke. The battery was validated against an occupational therapist's assessment of neglect on self-care tasks. The inter-observer reliability was good and it was possible to monitor changes over time with the battery.