Table 1 Demographic and clinical data of the 33 patients with and without spatial neglect and of the 15 non-brain-damaged subjects.
Neglect | No neglect | No neglect | No neglect | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neg | RBD | LBD | NBD | |||
Number | 8 | 9 | 16 | 15 | ||
Sex | 4 f, 4 m | 3 f, 6 m | 6 f, 10 m | 11 f, 4 m | ||
Age (yr) | Mean (SD) | 57.6 (14.6) | 62.3 (10.3) | 64.7 (9.9) | 59.9 (11.8) | |
Etiology | Infarct | 8 | 6 | 11 | ||
Haemorrhage | 0 | 3 | 5 | |||
Time since lesion (d) | Mean (SD) | 1.4 (0.9) | 1.4 (0.9) | 1.7 (0.9) | ||
Glasgow Coma Scale | Mean (SD) | 4.9 (1.0) | 5.0 (0.9) | 4.7 (1.1) | ||
Visual field defect | % present | 12.5 | 22.2 | 12.5 | ||
Contralateral paresis | % present | 100 | 55.6 | 56.3 | ||
Aphasia | % present | 0 | 0 | 87.5 | ||
Neglect | % present | 100 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lesion location | NEG1 Bg | RBD1 Bg | LBD1 Th | |||
NEG2 F, T, I, Bg | RBD2 P, T | LBD2 T, O | ||||
NEG3 F, P, T, O, I | RBD3 T, I, Bg | LBD3 F, I, Bg | ||||
NEG4 Bg | RBD4 O | LBD4 Bg | ||||
NEG5 F, T, I | RBD5 Bg | LBD5 Bg | ||||
NEG6 P | RBD6 Bg | LBD6 F, I, Bg | ||||
NEG7 T | RBD7 Bg | LBD7 Th | ||||
NEG8 F, T, I, Bg | RBD8 Bg | LBD8 P, T, I | ||||
RBD9 Bg, Th | LBD9 P, T, I | |||||
LBD10 P | ||||||
LBD11 O | ||||||
LBD12 I, Bg | ||||||
LBD13 I, Th, Bg | ||||||
LBD14 Th | ||||||
LBD15 T | ||||||
LBD16 Swm | ||||||
Letter cancellation | Left | Mean (SD) | 8.5 (10.6) | 29.3 (0.7) | 27.3 (2.1) | |
Right | Mean (SD) | 20.3 (8.0) | 29.6 (0.5) | 27.8 (1.8) | ||
Bells test | Left | Mean (SD) | 4.0 (4.1) | 13.9 (1.1) | 13.8 (1.4) | |
Right | Mean (SD) | 11.2 (4.1) | 14.6 (0.7) | 13.3 (2.1) | ||
Albert's test | Left | Mean (SD) | 8.4 (9.0) | 18.0 (0) | 18.0 (0) | |
Right | Mean (SD) | 14.0 (6.4) | 18.0 (0) | 17.8 (0.8) | ||
Copying (% omitted) | Mean (SD) | 41.7 (34.2) | 1.4 (4.2) | 4.5 (7.9) |