Digital Therapeutics for the Egocentric and Allocentric Neglects in Patients with Brain Injury: A Mini Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Studies of Digital Therapeutics (DTx) for Egocentric and Allocentric Neglect
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Criteria | Aspect of Neglect | Range of Space | Frame of Reference |
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Subtype | Sensory neglect | Personal neglect | Egocentric neglect |
Motor neglect | Peri-personal neglect | Allocentric neglect | |
Representational neglect | Extra-personal neglect |
Study | Sample Size (n) | Type of Brain Injury | Study Description | Frequency of Intervention | Follow Up | Outcome Measure for Effect | Results |
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Turgut et al. (2016) [32] | IC:16, CG:16 | Cerebrovascular disease | Both groups received standard treatment IC: tDCS+ eye tracking task (DTx) | 20 min/session (during tDCS) | 8 sessions during 2 weeks | LBT, CDT, ACT, FIM. | IC group improved than CG in both egocentric and allocentric neglect |
Hagiwara et al. (2018) [23] | IG: 4, CG: None | Stroke | IG: Visual cue using Oculus Rift (DTx) CG: N/A | Clinical trial in 1 session | None | ACT, LBT. | VR intervention has immediate improvement in allocentric neglect |
Huygelier et al. (2020) [33] | IG:7, CG: 15 | IG: Stroke CG: Normal subject | Both groups received the same VR gaming tasks using Oculus Rift (DTx) | 45 min/session | 6 sessions during 7 day | OCS-NL, BIT. | The feasibility of evaluation and therapy for egocentric neglect was confirmed |
Trombini et al. (2020) [36] | 2 Single- cases | Patient 1: PCA Patient 2: Right cerebral hemorrhage | A-tDCS + ReMoVES (DTx) | 20 min/session, 5 days/week (during tDCS) | 2 weeks | Albert’s test, ACT, in ReMoVES LBT. | Patient 1 Improvement of egocentric neglect was confirmed using Albert’s test score only Patient 2 Improvement of both types of neglect (egocentric and allocentric) was confirmed using the ACT as well as Albert’s test and LBT |
Schenke et al. (2021) [35] | Study 1: IG:11, CG:14 Study 2: IG:18, CG:0 | Stroke | Study 1 Both groups received standard treatment, IC: auditory cue Study 2 IG: computer-based training (=auditory cues + eye tracking) (DTx) | Study 1, 2 30 min/session, 5 sessions/week | Study 1, 2 3 weeks | Study 1: LBT, ACT. Study 2: visual scanning test. | Study 1, 2 IC group improved only in egocentric neglect |
Vestito et al. (2021) [24] | 1 Single-case | PCA | A-tDCS & A-tDCS + ReMoVES (DTx) | A-tDCS only 20min/session, 5 days/week A-tDCS + ReMoVES 20min/session, 5 days/week (during tDCS) | 2 weeks 2 weeks | Albert’s test, LBT, ACT, in ReMoVES. | Mixed training (A-tDCS + ReMoVES) was effective for egocentric neglect |
Turgut et al. (2021) [34] | Study 1: IG: 20, CG: 10 Study 2: IG: 17, CG: 13 | Stroke IG: with neglect CG: without neglect | All groups received Posner Task (DTx) Study 1: Endogenous cues Study 2: Exogenous cues | Study 1,2 2 sessions | Study 1,2 two days between sessions | Study 1, 2: ACT. | Endogenous visuospatial tasks improve only in egocentric neglect |
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Jang, W.-H.; Seo, S.-M. Digital Therapeutics for the Egocentric and Allocentric Neglects in Patients with Brain Injury: A Mini Review. Brain Sci. 2023, 13, 1170. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13081170
Jang W-H, Seo S-M. Digital Therapeutics for the Egocentric and Allocentric Neglects in Patients with Brain Injury: A Mini Review. Brain Sciences. 2023; 13(8):1170. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13081170
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