Post-COVID-19 syndrome: persistent symptoms, functional impact, quality of life, return to work, and indirect costs - a prospective case study 12 months after COVID-19 infection.

The persistent symptoms of post-COVID-19 syndrome negatively impact health, quality of life, and productivity. This study aimed to describe the persistent symptoms of post-COVID-19 syndrome (especially neurological ones) and their 12-month post-infection cognitive, emotional, motor, quality of life, and indirect cost repercussions. Patients showing the first symptoms of COVID-19 from January to June 2021 who developed post-COVID-19 syndrome and sought care at the Fortaleza Unit (Ceará, Brazil) of the SARAH Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals were included in this study.

Is visual scanning better than mental practice in hemispatial neglect? Results from a pilot study.

Objective: We compared visual scanning and mental practice and explored the effects of these techniques on specific hemispatial neglect tests and activities of daily living in chronic hemispatial neglect patients.

Methods: Ten right-handed patients with hemispatial neglect caused by right hemisphere ischemic strokes were randomly allocated to 1 of 2 study groups: visual scanning (n = 5), mental practice (n = 5). Five additional patients were included in a control group.

Screening tests are not enough to detect hemineglect.

Objective: To verify the sensitivity of the conventional subtests of the Behavioral Inattention Test (BIT) in the diagnosis of hemineglect after stroke.

Method: One hundred and two patients with cerebral infarct or hemorrhage were prospectively evaluated. In 22, hemineglect was diagnosed using standard BIT criteria.