SynthesisBrain and behavior2017
The treatment methods for post-stroke visual impairment: A systematic review.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.
- European Stroke Organisation (ESO) guideline on visual impairment in stroke.European stroke journal · 2025Guideline
- Reading Difficulties in Individuals with Homonymous Visual Field Defects: A Systematic Review of Reported Interventions.Neuropsychology review · 2025Pooled it
- Interventions for people with perceptual disorders after stroke: the PIONEER scoping review, Cochrane systematic review and priority setting project.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Audio-visual stimulation for visual compensatory functions in stroke survivors with visual field defect: a systematic review.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022Pooled it
- Virtual Reality and Eye-Tracking Assessment, and Treatment of Unilateral Spatial Neglect: Systematic Review and Future Prospects.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Interventions for visual field defects in people with stroke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- The treatment methods for post-stroke visual impairment: A systematic review.Brain and behavior · 2017Pooled it
- Enhancing multisensory rehabilitation of visual field defects with transcranial direct current stimulation: A randomized clinical trial.European journal of neurology · 2025Trial
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- Visual Function Questionnaire as an outcome measure for homonymous hemianopia: subscales and supplementary questions, analysis from the VISION trial.Eye (London, England) · 2019Trial
- Prevalence of pre-stroke and stroke-related vision impairments and their association with mild cognitive impairment and dementia.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2026Article
- Trialling the efficacy of a technological visuo-cognitive training program as a compensatory tool for visual rehabilitation after stroke: A pilot study.PLOS digital health · 2026Article
- Are Optometrists Prepared to Be Involved in Post-Stroke Rehabilitation?Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Revealing the Causes of Dyslexia through a Differential Diagnosis, a Short-Term Effective Treatment and an Appropriate Conceptual Framework.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Validation of the brain injury associated visual impairment - impact questionnaire (BIVI-IQ).Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Exploring the Impact of Neurophysiotherapy in Managing Leukoencephalopathy Challenges: A Case Report.Cureus · 2024Article
- Sensitivity and Specificity of Qualitative Visual Field Tests for Screening Visual Hemifield Deficits in Right-Brain-Damaged Stroke Patients.Brain sciences · 2024Article
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- The effects of occipital and parietal tDCS on chronic visual field defects after brain injury.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
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Abstract
aimTo provide a systematic overview of interventions for stroke related visual impairments.
methodA systematic review of the literature was conducted including randomized controlled trials, controlled trials, cohort studies, observational studies, systematic reviews, and retrospective medical note reviews. All languages were included and translation obtained. This review covers adult participants (aged 18 years or over) diagnosed with a visual impairment as a direct cause of a stroke. Studies which included mixed populations were included if over 50% of the participants had a diagnosis of stroke and were discussed separately. We searched scholarly online resources and hand searched articles and registers of published, unpublished, and ongoing trials. Search terms included a variety of MESH terms and alternatives in relation to stroke and visual conditions. Article selection was performed by two authors independently. Data were extracted by one author and verified by a second. The quality of the evidence and risk of bias was assessed using appropriate tools dependant on the type of article.
resultsForty-nine articles (4142 subjects) were included in the review, including an overview of four Cochrane systematic reviews. Interventions appraised included those for visual field loss, ocular motility deficits, reduced central vision, and visual perceptual deficits.
conclusionFurther high quality randomized controlled trials are required to determine the effectiveness of interventions for treating post-stroke visual impairments. For interventions which are used in practice but do not yet have an evidence base in the literature, it is imperative that these treatments be addressed and evaluated in future studies.
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