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Assessment of Unilateral Spatial Neglect Using a Free Mobile Application for Italian Clinicians

Background: Unilateral Spatial Neglect (USN) is traditionally assessed with paper-and-pencil tests or computer-based tests. Thanks to the wide-spreading of mobile devices, and the extensive capabilities that they have in dealing complex elements, it is possible to provide clinicians with tools for c...

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Autores principales: Cipresso, Pietro, Pedroli, Elisa, Serino, Silvia, Semonella, Michelle, Tuena, Cosimo, Colombo, Desirée, Pallavicini, Federica, Riva, Giuseppe
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6262901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30524341
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02241
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author Cipresso, Pietro
Pedroli, Elisa
Serino, Silvia
Semonella, Michelle
Tuena, Cosimo
Colombo, Desirée
Pallavicini, Federica
Riva, Giuseppe
author_facet Cipresso, Pietro
Pedroli, Elisa
Serino, Silvia
Semonella, Michelle
Tuena, Cosimo
Colombo, Desirée
Pallavicini, Federica
Riva, Giuseppe
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description Background: Unilateral Spatial Neglect (USN) is traditionally assessed with paper-and-pencil tests or computer-based tests. Thanks to the wide-spreading of mobile devices, and the extensive capabilities that they have in dealing complex elements, it is possible to provide clinicians with tools for cognitive assessment. Contemporary 3D engine is, in general generally, able to deploy complex 3D environments for iOS, Android and Windows mobile, i.e., most of the mobile phone and tablet operative systems. Results: This brand-new scenario and pressing requests from professionals, pushed us to build an application for the assessment of USN. Our first attempt was to replicate the classic cognitive tests, traditionally used at this purpose. Ecological assessment is difficult in real scenarios so we implemented virtual environments to assess patients’ abilities in realistic situations. At the moment, the application is available only for iPad and iPhone for free, from the Apple Store, under the name of “Neglect App.” The App contains traditional tests (e.g., barrage with and without distractors) and ecological tests (e.g., to distribute the tea in a table to close people). Scoring of each test is available to the clinicians through a database with the executed ecological tasks, that are stored locally. Conclusion: In conclusion, Neglect App is an advanced mobile platform for the assessment of Neglect.
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spelling pubmed-62629012018-12-06 Assessment of Unilateral Spatial Neglect Using a Free Mobile Application for Italian Clinicians Cipresso, Pietro Pedroli, Elisa Serino, Silvia Semonella, Michelle Tuena, Cosimo Colombo, Desirée Pallavicini, Federica Riva, Giuseppe Front Psychol Psychology Background: Unilateral Spatial Neglect (USN) is traditionally assessed with paper-and-pencil tests or computer-based tests. Thanks to the wide-spreading of mobile devices, and the extensive capabilities that they have in dealing complex elements, it is possible to provide clinicians with tools for cognitive assessment. Contemporary 3D engine is, in general generally, able to deploy complex 3D environments for iOS, Android and Windows mobile, i.e., most of the mobile phone and tablet operative systems. Results: This brand-new scenario and pressing requests from professionals, pushed us to build an application for the assessment of USN. Our first attempt was to replicate the classic cognitive tests, traditionally used at this purpose. Ecological assessment is difficult in real scenarios so we implemented virtual environments to assess patients’ abilities in realistic situations. At the moment, the application is available only for iPad and iPhone for free, from the Apple Store, under the name of “Neglect App.” The App contains traditional tests (e.g., barrage with and without distractors) and ecological tests (e.g., to distribute the tea in a table to close people). Scoring of each test is available to the clinicians through a database with the executed ecological tasks, that are stored locally. Conclusion: In conclusion, Neglect App is an advanced mobile platform for the assessment of Neglect. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6262901/ /pubmed/30524341 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02241 Text en Copyright © 2018 Cipresso, Pedroli, Serino, Semonella, Tuena, Colombo, Pallavicini and Riva. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Pedroli, Elisa
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Semonella, Michelle
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Colombo, Desirée
Pallavicini, Federica
Riva, Giuseppe
Assessment of Unilateral Spatial Neglect Using a Free Mobile Application for Italian Clinicians
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title_short Assessment of Unilateral Spatial Neglect Using a Free Mobile Application for Italian Clinicians
title_sort assessment of unilateral spatial neglect using a free mobile application for italian clinicians
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6262901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30524341
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02241
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