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Trial reportJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2020

Visual processing speed in hemianopia patients secondary to acquired brain injury: a new assessment methodology.

Laura Mena-Garcia, Miguel J Maldonado-Lopez, Itziar Fernandez, Maria B Coco-Martin, Jaime Finat-Saez, Jose L Martinez-Jimenez, Jose C Pastor-Jimeno, Juan F Arenillas

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Trial report in Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Laura Mena-GarciaUniversidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain. lmenag@ioba.med.uva.es.ORCID 0000-0001-5311-8262
Miguel J Maldonado-LopezUniversidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.
Itziar FernandezInstituto Universitario de Oftalmobiología Aplicada (IOBA), Eye Institute, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.
Maria B Coco-MartinUniversidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.
Jaime Finat-SaezASPAYM-Castilla y Leon Foundation, Research Centre for Physical Disabilities, Valladolid, Spain.
Jose L Martinez-JimenezASPAYM-Castilla y Leon Foundation, Research Centre for Physical Disabilities, Valladolid, Spain.
Jose C Pastor-JimenoUniversidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.
Juan F ArenillasUniversidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.
Universidad de Valladolid · ESJunta de Castilla y León · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is a clinical need to identify diagnostic parameters that objectively quantify and monitor the effective visual ability of patients with homonymous visual field defects (HVFDs). Visual processing speed (VPS) is an objective measure of visual ability. It is the reaction time (RT) needed to correctly search and/or reach for a visual stimulus. VPS depends on six main brain processing systems: auditory-cognitive, attentional, working memory, visuocognitive, visuomotor, and executive. We designed a new assessment methodology capable of activating these six systems and measuring RTs to determine the VPS of patients with HVFDs.

methodsNew software was designed for assessing subject visual stimulus search and reach times (S-RT and R-RT respectively), measured in seconds. Thirty-two different everyday visual stimuli were divided in four complexity groups that were presented along 8 radial visual field positions at three different eccentricities (10

resultsVPS was significantly slower (p < 0.0001) in the HVFD group for the complete test, each stimulus complexity group, and each eccentricity. For the complete test, the VPS of the HVFD patients was 73.0% slower than controls. They also had 335.6% more ehcMs, 41.3% worse ehcA, and 189.0% more dHMs than the controls.

conclusionsMeasurement of VPS by this new assessment methodology could be an effective tool for objectively quantifying the visual ability of HVFD patients. Future research should evaluate the effectiveness of this novel method for measuring the impact that any specific neurovisual rehabilitation program has for these patients.

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SoftwareAdultAgedCase-Control StudiesFemaleHemianopsiaHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhotic StimulationPsychomotor PerformanceReaction TimeVisual PerceptionAcquired brain injuryEye-hand coordinationHemianopiaHomonymous visual field defectsNeurovisual rehabilitationSaccadic eye movementsVisual abilityVisual assessmentVisual processing speed

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PMID32005265
PMCPMC6995150
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