Publications by authors named "Chelsea H Marsh"
Article Synopsis
- Brain injuries can lead to hidden disabilities that are often hard to detect, and traditional assessment methods for these impacts are not very precise, resulting in unreliable treatment estimates.
- The research introduced 'The Attention Atlas', an immersive virtual reality game developed to better assess unilateral spatial neglect in brain injury patients, categorizing individuals into three groups based on their gameplay: neglect, minor atypicality, or non-neglect.
- Findings from the study indicated that VR assessments identified neglect in 25.5% of patients, which is higher than the 17.6% identified through standard assessments, showcasing the potential of VR technology in improving diagnostic accuracy.
Background: Deficits in visuospatial attention, known as neglect, are common following brain injury, but underdiagnosed and poorly treated, resulting in long-term cognitive disability. In clinical settings, neglect is often assessed using simple pen-and-paper tests. While convenient, these cannot characterise the full spectrum of neglect.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In neurorehabilitation, problems with visuospatial attention, including unilateral spatial neglect, are prevalent and routinely assessed by pen-and-paper tests, which are limited in accuracy and sensitivity. Immersive virtual reality (VR), which motivates a much wider (more intuitive) spatial behaviour, promises new futures for identifying visuospatial atypicality in multiple measures, which reflects cognitive and motor diversity across individuals with brain injuries.
Methods: In this pilot study, we had 9 clinician controls (mean age 43 years; 4 males) and 13 neurorehabilitation inpatients (mean age 59 years; 9 males) recruited a mean of 41 days post-injury play a VR visual search game.
Adults who experience an acquired brain injury often experience disorders of consciousness, physical difficulties, and maladaptive behaviours. Multimodal sensory therapy may benefit brain injured patients, however the extent this therapy can facilitate rehabilitation is not well understood. This systematic review aimed to synthesize multimodal sensory therapy research for adults affected by acquired brain injury.
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