Dr Alison Lane a.r.lane@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Visual exploration training is no better than attention training for treating hemianopia
Lane, A.R.; Smith, D.T.; Ellison, A.; Schenk, T.
Authors
Professor Dan Smith daniel.smith2@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Professor Amanda Ellison amanda.ellison@durham.ac.uk
Professor
T. Schenk
Abstract
Patients with homonymous visual field defects experience disabling functional impairments as a consequence of their visual loss. Compensatory visual exploration training aims to improve the searching skills of these patients in order to help them to cope more effectively. However, until now the efficacy of this training has not been compared to that of a control intervention. Given that exploration training uses the visual search paradigm, which is known to require visual attention, in this study the efficacy of the technique was compared with training that requires visual attention but not exploration. Participants completed either exploration training (n = 21), or attention training followed by exploration training (n = 21). Assessment of the visual field, visual search, reading and activities of daily living were performed before and after each intervention that the participants completed. The results revealed that both the exploration training and the attention training led to significant improvements in most of the visual tasks. For most of the tasks exploration training did not prove superior to attention training, and for reading both types of intervention failed to yield any benefits. The results indicate that attention plays a large role in the rehabilitation of homonymous visual field defects.
Citation
Lane, A., Smith, D., Ellison, A., & Schenk, T. (2010). Visual exploration training is no better than attention training for treating hemianopia. Brain, 133(6), 1717-1728. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awq088
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | May 1, 2010 |
Deposit Date | May 21, 2010 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 1, 2011 |
Journal | Brain |
Print ISSN | 0006-8950 |
Electronic ISSN | 1460-2156 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 133 |
Issue | 6 |
Pages | 1717-1728 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awq088 |
Keywords | Compensation, Hemianopia, Rehabilitation, Visual attention. |
Publisher URL | http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/awq088? |
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This is a pre-copy-editing author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Brain following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Lane, A.R. and Smith, D.T. and Ellison, A. and Schenk, T. (2010) 'Visual exploration training is no better than attention training for treating hemianopia.', Brain, 133(6): 1717-1728 is available online at: http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/103/6/3389
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