Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 5 , Pages 642-646 , May 2006

Subjective Visual Vertical Perception Relates to Balance in Acute Stroke

References 

  1. Yelnik AP , Lebreton FO , Bonan IV , et al.   Perception of verticality after recent cerebral hemispheric stroke . Stroke . 2002;33:2247–2253
  2. Brandt T , Dieterich M , Danek A . Vestibular cortex lesions affect the perception of verticality . Ann Neurol . 1994;35:403–412
  3. Kerkhoff G . Multimodal spatial orientation deficits in left-sided visual neglect . Neuropsychologia . 1999;37:1387–1405
  4. Karnath HO , Ferber S , Dichgans J . The origin of contraversive pushing. Evidence for a second graviceptive system in humans . Neurology . 2000;55:1298–1304
  5. Saj A , Honoré J , Coello Y , Rousseaux M . The visual vertical in the pusher syndrome. Influence of hemispace and body position . J Neurol . 2005;252:885–891
  6. Collin C , Wade DT . Assessing motor impairment after stroke (a pilot reliability study) . J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry . 1990;53: 576-6
  7. Gauthier L , Dehaut F , Joanette Y . The Bells Test for visual neglect (a quantitative and qualitative test for visual neglect) . Int J Neuropsychol . 1989;11:49–54
  8. Shenkenberg T , Bradford DC , Ajax ET . Line bisection and unilateral neglect in patients with neurologic impairment . Neurology . 1980;25:695–699
  9. Dieterich M , Brandt T . Ocular torsion and tilt of subjective visual vertical are sensitive brainstem signs . Ann Neurol . 1993;33:292–299
  10. Benaim C , Perennou DA , Villy J , Rousseaux M , Pelissier JY . Validation of a standardized assessment of postural control in stroke patients . Stroke . 1999;30:1862–1868
  11. Perennou DA , Amblard B , Leblond C , Pelissier J . Biased vertical postural in humans with hemispheric lesions . Neurosci Lett . 1998;252:75–78
  12. Perennou DA , Leblond C , Amblard B , Micallef JP , Rouget E , Pelissier J . The polymodal sensory cortex is crucial for controlling lateral postural stability (evidence from stroke patients) . Brain Res . 2000;53:359–365
  13. Perennou DA , Leblond C , Amblard B , Micallef JP , Herisson C , Pelissier JY . Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation reduces neglect-related postural instability after stroke . Arch Phys Med Rehabil . 2001;82:440–448
  14. Granger CV , Hamilton BB . The uniform data system for medical rehabilitation report of first admissions for 1990 . Am J Phys Med Rehabil . 1992;71:33–38
  15. Sandin KJ , Smith BS . The measure of balance in sitting in stroke rehabilitation prognosis . Stroke . 1990;21:82–86
  16. Loewen SC , Anderson BA . Predictors of stroke outcome using an objective measurement scale . Stroke . 1990;21:78–81
  17. Feigin L , Sharon B , Czaczkes B , Rosin AJ . Sitting equilibrium 2 weeks after a stroke can predict the walking ability after six months . Gerontology . 1996;42:348–353
  18. Dieterich M , Brandt T . Thalamic infarctions (differential effects on vestibular function in the roll plane) . Neurology . 1993;43:1732–1740
  19. Anastasopoulos D , Bronstein AM . A case of thalamic syndrome (somatosensory influences on visual orientation) . J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry . 1999;67:390–394
  20. Anastasopoulos D , Bronstein A , Haslwanter T , Fetter M , Dichgans J . The role of somatosensory input for the perception of verticality . Ann N Y Acad Sci . 1999;871:379–383
  21. Ro T , Cohen A , Ivry RB , Rafal RD . Response channel activation and the temporoparietal junction . Brain Cogn . 1998;37:461–476
  22. Miyai I , Mauricio RL , Reding MJ . Parietal-insular strokes are associated with impaired standing balance as assessed by computerized dynamic posturography . J Neuro Rehabil . 1997;11:35–40
  23. Kerkhoff G , Zoelch C . Disorders of visuospatial orientation in the frontal plane in patients with visual neglect following right or parietal lesions . Exp Brain Res . 1998;122:108–120
  24. Yardley L . Contribution of somatosensory information to perception of the visual vertical with body tilt and rotating visual field . Percept Psychophys . 1990;48:131–134
  25. Rode G , Tiliket C , Charlopain P , Boisson D . Postural asymmetry reduction by vestibular caloric stimulation in left hemiparetic patients . Scand J Rehabil Med . 1998;30:9–14
  26. Rorsman I , Magnusson M , Johansson B . Reduction of visuo-spatial neglect with vestibular galvanic stimulation . Scand J Rehabil Med . 1999;3:117–124
  27. Vallar G , Rusconi ML , Barozzi S , et al.   Improvement of left visuo-spatial neglect by left-sided transcutaneous electrical stimulation . Neuropsychologia . 1995;33:73–82
  28. Bisdorff AR , Wolsley CJ , Anastopoulos D , Bronstein AM , Gresty MA . The perception of body verticality (subjective postural vertical) in peripheral and central vestibular disorders . Brain . 1996;119:1523–1534
  29. Karnath HO , Ferber S , Dichgans J . The neural representation of postural control in humans . Proc Natl Acad Sci USA . 2000;97:13931–13936
  30. Mittelstaedt H . Origin and processing of postural information . Neurosci Biobehav Rev . 1998;22:473–478
  31. Böhmer A , Rickenmann J . The subjective visual vertical as a clinical parameter of vestibular function in peripheral vestibular diseases . J Vestib Res . 1995;5:35–45
  32. Guerraz M , Poquin D , Ohlmann T . The role of head-centric spatial reference with a static and kinetic visual disturbance . Percept Psychophys . 1998;60:287–295
  33. Anastopoulos D , Haslwanter T , Bronstein A , Fetter M , Dichgans J . Dissociation between the perception of body verticality and the visual vertical in acute peripheral disorder in humans . Neurosci Lett . 1997;233:151–153

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(06)00104-3

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.01.019

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 5 , Pages 642-646 , May 2006

Article Tools