Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Prevalence and Length of Recovery of Pusher Syndrome Based on Cerebral Hemispheric Lesion Side in Patients With Acute Stroke” | Zendy

Hiroaki Abe | Zendy; Takeo Kondo | Zendy; Shin-Ichi Izumi | Zendy

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Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Prevalence and Length of Recovery of Pusher Syndrome Based on Cerebral Hemispheric Lesion Side in Patients With Acute Stroke”

Author(s) -

Hiroaki Abe,

Takeo Kondo,

Shin-Ichi Izumi

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.112.663369

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , lesion , acute stroke , physical therapy , surgery , mechanical engineering , tissue plasminogen activator , engineering

Response:We thank Santos-Pontelli et al for their interest and comments on our recent article.Because our investigation was performed retrospectively, frequency and duration of physical and occupational therapy sessions could not be controlled. At our institution, physical and occupational therapy sessions are conducted on weekdays during hospital stay, and duration of each session is recorded. No significant difference was observed in the total duration of physical and occupational therapy sessions between 27 patients with pushing behavior in whom the right cerebral hemisphere was damaged (PBRHD) and 8 patients with pushing behavior in whom the left cerebral hemisphere was damaged (PBLHD; PBRHD: 1566.7±888.4 minutes, PBLHD: 1042.5±514.1 minutes, P =0.123, unpaired t test). In addition, no significant differences were observed in the number of sessions of physical therapy (PBRHD: 18.19±7.6, PBLHD: 17.1±3.6, P =0.590), the number of sessions of occupational therapy …

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