Publications by authors named "Anne Chrispin"
Spatial neglect after right hemisphere stroke (RHS) was recently found to encompass lateropulsion, a deficit in body orientation with respect to gravity caused by altered brain processing of graviception. By analogy, we hypothesized that spatial neglect after RHS might encompass an altered representation of verticality. We also assumed a strong relation between body neglect and impaired postural vertical, both referring to the body.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecent studies on the remediation of speech disorders suggest that providing visual information of speech articulators may contribute to improve speech production. In this study, we evaluate the effectiveness of an illustration-based rehabilitation method on speech recovery of a patient with non-fluent chronic aphasia. The software allowed visualization by the patient of reference tongue and lip movements recorded using ultrasound and video imaging.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Purpose: Visual vertical (VV) has been used increasingly as a routine clinical assessment to identify alteration of verticality perception as a possible cause of postural disorders after stroke. This study aims to determine whether the reliability of VV is sufficient to support a wide clinical use in neurorehabilitation for monitoring of patients with stroke.
Methods: Twenty patients with subacute stroke in neurorehabilitation unit were tested after a first and unique hemispheric stroke.
When might a cane be necessary for walking following a stroke?
Neurorehabil Neural Repair
February 2012
Background: For individuals with lateral postural imbalance after stroke, the decision to adopt a cane for walking often is not based on objective findings.
Objective: The authors investigated the explanatory value of 2 posturographic criteria for lateral postural imbalance on the walking abilities of poststroke subjects.
Methods: Indices of postural asymmetry (percentage of body weight on the less loaded lower limb) and instability (mediolateral variance of center-of-pressure displacements) were measured in 40 healthy individuals and 52 patients (mean 94.