Development and clinical application of new system toimprove attention deficit using multimodal sensory stimulation

我们报道，在职业治疗前立即进行5分钟颈部肌肉振动可能对中风后单侧空间忽视的恢复有积极作用。我们也证实了重复性的促进性运动，除了患者的视觉集中和治疗师的听觉命令外，还使用拉伸反射和皮肤反射，可能有效地改善中风后上肢运动功能。鉴于此，我们开发了一种新的系统，可以改变感官刺激，测量视觉引导下的反应时间变化。

We reported that the application of 5 minutes of neck-muscle vibration immediately before occupational therapy may have positive effects on recovering unilateral spatial neglect after stroke. We also confirmed thatrepetitive facilitative exercise, which uses stretch reflex and skin-generated reflexesin addition to patient’s visual concentration and therapist’s auditory command, may be effective to improve upper-limb motor function after stroke. Given this, we developed new system that able to modify sensory stimulus and measure changes in reaction timeduring visually guided reaching task.