Predictive factors for walking in acute stroke patients: a multicenter study using classification and regression tree analysis.

[Purpose] Walking ability should be predicted as early as possible in acute stroke patients. The purpose is to construct a prediction model for independent walking from bedside assessments using classification and regression tree analysis. [Participants and Methods] We conducted a multicenter case-control study with 240 stroke patients.

The Effect of Trunk Position on Attentional Disengagement in Unilateral Spatial Neglect.

Unilateral spatial neglect (USN) causes difficulties in disengaging attention from the right side to unexpected targets on the left. However, the relationship between egocentric spatial position and attentional disengagement remains unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to clarify the relationship between trunk position and attentional disengagement.

Effects of Dynamic Sitting Exercise with Delayed Visual Feedback in the Early Post-Stroke Phase: A Pilot Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.

Sitting ability in the early post-stroke phase affects functional balance ability and other prognoses. We investigated whether dynamic sitting exercise with delayed visual feedback in the mediolateral and anteroposterior directions affected postural control in the early post-stroke phase. In this pilot randomized controlled trial, 27 hemiparetic stroke patients were randomized to experimental (n = 13) and control (n = 14) groups.

Effects of standing and walking training using a laser pointer based on stimulus-driven attention for behavioural outcome in spatial neglect: A single-case study.

The therapy for unilateral spatial neglect (USN) is unclear. This case report investigated the effect of standing and walking training using a laser pointer based on stimulus-driven attention for USN. The patient was a right-handed 79-year-old man with cardiogenic cerebral embolism in the right middle and posterior cerebral arteries.

Effects of performing a lateral-reaching exercise while seated on a tilted surface for severe post-stroke pusher behavior: A case series.

: For patients with severe post-stroke pusher behavior (PB), acquiring a vertical posture involves correcting paretic-sided body tilt to the non-paretic side. Active lateral sitting training may facilitate improvement in postural orientation for patients with PB. However, its effect on patients with severe PB remains unclear.

Electromyography-guided electrical stimulation therapy for patients with pusher behavior: A case series.

Background: Pusher behavior (PB) is a posture disorder due to a subjective bias in verticality perception. However, muscle activity characteristics in this disorder and the effective treatments are not known.

Objective: To investigate electromyographic (EMG) activity and the effect of electrical stimulation (ES) in PB.

Test-Retest Reliability of the Postural Vertical in Healthy Participants.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to determine the test-retest reliability of the angle of subjective verticality in healthy young persons.

Methods: The participants were ten young healthy adults, five men and five women. The subjective postural vertical (SPV) was measured in the frontal plane (with eyes open and eyes closed) and in the sagittal plane (with eyes closed).