Clock‐drawing test and unilateral spatial neglect

  • S. Ishiai
    Department of Rehabilitation (Drs. Ishiai and Sugishita), Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Tokyo; the Department of Neurology (Dr. Ichikawa), Saitama Rehabilitation Center, Saitama; the Department of Neurology (Dr. Gono), Rehabilitation Center Kakeyu Hospital, Nagano; and the Department of Neurology (Dr. Watabiki), Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
  • M. Sugishita
    Department of Rehabilitation (Drs. Ishiai and Sugishita), Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Tokyo; the Department of Neurology (Dr. Ichikawa), Saitama Rehabilitation Center, Saitama; the Department of Neurology (Dr. Gono), Rehabilitation Center Kakeyu Hospital, Nagano; and the Department of Neurology (Dr. Watabiki), Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
  • T. Ichikawa
    Department of Rehabilitation (Drs. Ishiai and Sugishita), Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Tokyo; the Department of Neurology (Dr. Ichikawa), Saitama Rehabilitation Center, Saitama; the Department of Neurology (Dr. Gono), Rehabilitation Center Kakeyu Hospital, Nagano; and the Department of Neurology (Dr. Watabiki), Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
  • S. Gono
    Department of Rehabilitation (Drs. Ishiai and Sugishita), Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Tokyo; the Department of Neurology (Dr. Ichikawa), Saitama Rehabilitation Center, Saitama; the Department of Neurology (Dr. Gono), Rehabilitation Center Kakeyu Hospital, Nagano; and the Department of Neurology (Dr. Watabiki), Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
  • S. Watabiki
    Department of Rehabilitation (Drs. Ishiai and Sugishita), Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Tokyo; the Department of Neurology (Dr. Ichikawa), Saitama Rehabilitation Center, Saitama; the Department of Neurology (Dr. Gono), Rehabilitation Center Kakeyu Hospital, Nagano; and the Department of Neurology (Dr. Watabiki), Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

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We investigated the ability of 25 patients with left unilateral spatial neglect to make a clock face by putting numbers inside a printed circle. Impairment seen in this clock-drawing test did not parallel neglect severity as judged by results of the line-cancellation and line-bisection tests, as well as the copying of a daisy. The score for clock drawing correlated highly with the verbal WAIS score. Most neglect patients with a verbal IQ of 87 or more could draw a clock face fairly well and used planning in placing the numbers 12, 3, 6, and 9 before the others. In clock drawing, verbal intelligence may compensate for left unilateral spatial neglect. We therefore recommend use of the line-cancellation and line-bisection tests, as well as the copying test, but do not recommend use of the clock-drawing test in the diagnosis of left unilateral spatial neglect.

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  • Neurology

    Neurology 43 (1_part_1), 106-106, 1993-01

    Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

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