PMID- 24990006
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150717
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1878-6448 (Electronic)
IS  - 1053-8135 (Linking)
VI  - 35
IP  - 1
DP  - 2014
TI  - Effects of galvanic vestibular stimulation combined with physical therapy on 
      pusher behavior in stroke patients: a case series.
PG  - 31-7
LID - 10.3233/NRE-141094 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: A recent study investigated the effects of galvanic vestibular 
      stimulation (GVS) on pusher behavior (PB) in post-stroke patients. However, there 
      have been no reports about the effects of multisession GVS on PB. OBJECTIVE: The 
      purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility and effects of 
      multisession GVS combined with physical therapy for PB in stroke patients. 
      METHODS: Two stroke patients who showed PB were enrolled. The ABAB single-case 
      design was used. Each phase lasted 1 wk. In phases A1 and A2, the patients 
      underwent a 60-min-long physical therapy session 5 days a week. In phases B1 and 
      B2, they underwent GVS for 20 min before each physical therapy session, and then 
      the same physical therapy program as in phases A1 and A2 were performed. PB was 
      evaluated using the Scale for Contraversive Pushing (SCP) and the Burke 
      Lateropulsion Scale (BLS). Outcomes were tested at the baseline and after each 
      phase. RESULTS: In both patients, the SCP scores were reduced only during phase 
      B2. Although the BLS scores improved at the A1 phase, a larger improvement was 
      seen at the two B phases. CONCLUSIONS: Multisession GVS combined with physical 
      therapy may have positive effects on PB in clinical setting.
FAU - Nakamura, Junji
AU  - Nakamura J
AD  - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nishiyamato Rehabilitation Hospital, Nara, 
      Japan Graduate School of Health Science, Kio University, Nara, Japan.
FAU - Kita, Yorihiro
AU  - Kita Y
AD  - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nishiyamato Rehabilitation Hospital, Nara, 
      Japan Graduate School of Health Science, Kio University, Nara, Japan.
FAU - Yuda, Tomohisa
AU  - Yuda T
AD  - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nishiyamato Rehabilitation Hospital, Nara, 
      Japan Graduate School of Health Science, Kio University, Nara, Japan.
FAU - Ikuno, Koki
AU  - Ikuno K
AD  - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nishiyamato Rehabilitation Hospital, Nara, 
      Japan Graduate School of Health Science, Kio University, Nara, Japan.
FAU - Okada, Yohei
AU  - Okada Y
AD  - Graduate School of Health Science, Kio University, Nara, Japan.
FAU - Shomoto, Koji
AU  - Shomoto K
AD  - Graduate School of Health Science, Kio University, Nara, Japan.
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - NeuroRehabilitation
JT  - NeuroRehabilitation
JID - 9113791
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Electric Stimulation Therapy/*methods
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Physical Therapy Modalities
MH  - Stroke/*diagnosis/physiopathology/*therapy
MH  - Treatment Outcome
MH  - *Vestibular Nerve
MH  - *Vestibule, Labyrinth
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Pusher behavior
OT  - electrical stimulation
OT  - galvanic vestibular stimulation
OT  - posture control
OT  - rehabilitation
OT  - stroke
EDAT- 2014/07/06 06:00
MHDA- 2015/07/18 06:00
CRDT- 2014/07/04 06:00
PHST- 2014/07/04 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/07/06 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/07/18 06:00 [medline]
AID - 9383W76433681015 [pii]
AID - 10.3233/NRE-141094 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - NeuroRehabilitation. 2014;35(1):31-7. doi: 10.3233/NRE-141094.