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Demographic and clinical data of the patients with pusher syndrome, brain damaged patients without pushing behaviour (BD-controls), patients with acute unilateral vestibular loss, and non brain damaged controls (NBD-controls) |
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| Pusher |
BD-Controls |
Vestibular loss |
NBD-Controls |
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| Number |
9 |
9 |
7 |
10 |
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| Sex |
3 f, 6 m |
2 f, 7 m |
5 f, 2 m |
6 f, 4 m |
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| Age |
Years |
Mean (SD) |
69.7 (13.0) |
65.1 (15.7) |
51.1 (12.3) |
63.2 (10.2) |
| Etiology |
7 Infarct 2 Hemorrhage |
6 Infarct 3 Hemorrhage |
6 Vestib. neuritis 1 Surgery neuroma |
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| Side of lesion |
8 Right/1 Left |
5 Right/4 Left |
4 Right/3 Left |
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| Time between onset of disorder and postural examination (d) |
Mean (SD) |
6.8 (3.1) |
5.0 (3.4) |
1.8 (1.2) |
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| SCP-Posture |
Sitting |
Median (range) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Standing |
Median (range) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| SCP-Extension |
Sitting |
Median (range) |
1 (0.5–1) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Standing |
Median (range) |
1 (0.5–1) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| SCP-Resistance |
Sitting |
Median (range) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Standing |
Median (range) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Visual field defect |
% present |
22 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
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| Paresis of contralesional side |
% present |
100 |
89 |
0 |
0 |
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| Severity |
Arm |
Median (range) |
1 (0–3) |
4 (0–5) |
5 |
5 |
| Leg |
Median (range) |
1.5 (0–4) |
4 (3–5) |
5 |
5 |
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| Aphasia |
% present |
0 |
44 |
0 |
0 |
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| Spatial Neglect |
% present |
88 |
44 |
0 |
0 |
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| % t.n.p. |
11 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
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SCP: Scale for Contraversive Pushing [15,16]. t.n.p.: testing not possible. | ||||||
Johannsen et al. BMC Neurology 2006 6:30 doi:10.1186/1471-2377-6-30 |
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