Australia a) All patients should be screened for cognitive and perceptual deficits using validated and reliable screening tools. b) Patients identified during screening as having cognitive deficits should be referred…
Fig. 6.1 Algorithm for different types of aphasia based on repetition ability coupled with performance on fluency in spontaneous speech and auditory comprehension. Adapted from [61] Six of the eight…
Fig. 10.1 (a) aSAH secondary to anterior communicating artery aneurysm rupture. Note the characteristic accumulation of blood in the basal cisterns. (b) CT angiography illustrates the anterior communicating artery aneurysm…
Fig. 4.1 Focus of interest is on the voxel-based lesion—symptom mapping on the stroke patients showing the relationship between brain lesions and pantomime performance. Configural-spatial errors were linked to lesions…
Measure Abbreviation Overview Time to administer Strengths Weaknesses Modified Rankin Scale mRS Degree of handicap is assigned on a scale depending on how severely affected activities of daily living are…
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Fig. 3.1 Patient 1 (a) T1-weighted MRI scan illustrating the lesion location (white arrow) in the right ventroposterolateral (VPL) nucleus, 3 months post-stroke. Image location is 5 mm above the…
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Behavioral disordersa Cognitive disordersa Indicated by reliable informant using validated inventory Shown by validated performance index on normalized tests Significant changes compared to premorbid behavior Not attributable to developmental disorder…
