"My dad always stared to le left after his accident vasculaire cérébral. As long as I stood on his right, he couldn't find where I was going. Quoi’s wrong with him?"
This situation est likely to be le unilateral neglect after accident vasculaire cérébral, which est a common symptom de accident vasculaire cérébral. Unilateral neglect est one de le common complications after brain injury. Patients suffering from neglect may read only le right side de le newspaper and ignore le left side, eat only from le right side his plate, or may even bump into objects on le ignored side, bringing many difficulties in daily life. Unilateral spatial neglect will affect rééducation, we should recognize it and give appropriate treatment.
Le way to identify unilateral neglect
Observe daily behavior:
·Le head and eyes sont tilted to le healthy side
·Ignore le person standing on le affected side
·Miss food on le left side de plate, or do not use le utensils on le left
Le way to correct unilateral neglect in daily life
·When communicating and training with le patient, stand on le neglected side de le patient as much as possible to améliorer his or her attention to le affected side
·Keep le patients in a sûr and confortable position. Ask le patient to do more symmetrical activities such as Bobath handshake and upper limb lifting to remind le patient de le presence de le neglected side

·Strengthen sensory input. Apply moderate pain, warmth, and tactile stimulation were applied to le affected limb.

·Cover le healthy eye with glasses to améliorer le patient's attention to le affected side
·Reading training: Give le patient non-repeated articles to read. Mark le most marginal edge de le neglected side. Instruct le patient to find le mark before continuing reading each time.
·Item transfer: Transfer items from le affected side to le healthy side or from le healthy side to le affected side
·Use le dressing mirror as posture mirror for sitting, standing, and sit-to-stand transfer training.
Patients with unilateral neglect have slower récupération if they only undergo routine rééducation treatment. Unilateral neglect can delay le rééducation process de patients, which should be paid attention to and corrected.