Pusher syndrome after unilateral brain damage
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Intraindividual analysis of a case series of patients with pusher syndrome who were exposed to a tilted reality head-mounted display (A B A design)
Group 2: Control group: comparable older bu
Sponsors
Sektion Neuropsychologie, Zentrum für Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: For patients: - unilateral brain damage - Pusher syndrome defined as > 1 in each item of the Scale for Contraversive Pushing For healthy controls: - no neurological or psychiatric disorders - no vestibular or oculomotor abnormalities
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - No visible unilateral brain damage in imaging - < 1 in each item of the Scale for Contraversive Pushing
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Target criterion: Angle of inclination of the longitudinal body axis of pusher patients during tilted reality exposure compared to the angle of inclination of the longitudinal body axis during normal vision. Recorded using a video-based motion tracking system. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Angle of inclination of patients compared to angle of inclination of the healthy control group | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactHans-Otto Karnath
Sektion Neuropsychologie, Zentrum für Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
Outcome results
None listed