Implementing New Technologies to Improve Visual–Spatial Functions in Patients with Impaired Consciousness
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Characteristics of the Study Group
2.2. Research Instrument
2.3. Visual–Spatial Function Testing
2.4. Oculomotor Training
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
6. Limitation
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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TBI | ABI | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Participant | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 |
Diagnosis | CT | CT | CT | CT | HRSS |
Age [years] | 25 | 31 | 26 | 40 | 67 |
Time [years] | 5 | 3.5 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
CRS-R | 16 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 22 |
Conscious state | MCS | eMCS | eMCS | UWS | eMCS |
P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | Me | Q1 | Q3 | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B1 | 10 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30.0 | 35.0 | 0.043115 * |
B2 | 30 | 60 | 45 | 45 | 50 | 45 | 45.0 | 50.0 |
N | Me | Q1 | Q3 | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TP 1 | 5 | 0.047619 | 0.00000 | 0.476190 | 0.043115 * |
TP 2 | 5 | 0.533333 | 0.238095 | 0.714286 |
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Kujawa, K.; Żurek, A.; Gorączko, A.; Olejniczak, R.; Zurek, G. Implementing New Technologies to Improve Visual–Spatial Functions in Patients with Impaired Consciousness. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 3081. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19053081
Kujawa K, Żurek A, Gorączko A, Olejniczak R, Zurek G. Implementing New Technologies to Improve Visual–Spatial Functions in Patients with Impaired Consciousness. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(5):3081. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19053081
Chicago/Turabian StyleKujawa, Katarzyna, Alina Żurek, Agata Gorączko, Roman Olejniczak, and Grzegorz Zurek. 2022. "Implementing New Technologies to Improve Visual–Spatial Functions in Patients with Impaired Consciousness" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 5: 3081. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19053081