Prismatic Lenses and tDCS in Neglect

The Effect of Prismatic Lenses in Association With tDCS in Patients With Neglect: a Pilot Study

The goal of this study is to to evaluate the effect and feasibility of a rehabilitation protocol with prismatic lenses associated with tDCS, compared to a prismatic lens rehabilitation protocol associated with sham stimulation, in reducing the signs of neglect in a group of patients with spatial heminegligence following ischemic stroke of the right hemisphere.

The secondary objective is to evaluate the impact of this rehabilitation protocol on functional outcome.

Inclusion Criteria:

• age >18 years
• ischemic stroke
• hospitalization within 90 days of the event

Exclusion Criteria:

• heamorrhagic stroke
• history of neurological disease
• history of psychiatric disease
• use of alchool and drugs