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We investigated the effect of constraint-induced therapy (CIT) plus
eye patching (EP), CIT alone, and conventional treatment on functional
performance, eye movement, and trunk-arm kinematics in stroke patients with
neglect syndrome. METHOD. Twenty-four participants were recruited and randomly
allocated to three intervention groups. All participants received intervention 2
hr/day, 5 days/wk, for 3 wk. Outcome measures included the Catherine Bergego
Scale, eye movement, and trunk-arm kinematic analysis. RESULTS. The CIT + EP and
CIT groups demonstrated larger improvements in functional performance than the
control group. The CIT group showed better performance with left fixation points
than the CIT+EP group and shorter reaction time than the control group. The CIT +
EP group improved more in preplanned control and leftward trunk shift than the
other two groups. CONCLUSION. CIT + EP and CIT were more effective interventions
than conventional treatment of patients with neglect syndrome in daily functional performance.
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