The BT [14] is an instrument with distractors that requires visual exploration in a horizontally disposed A4 sized sheet of paper. The test consists of 315 stimuli, with ...NavbarHomeArticlesInPressCurrentIssueArchiveAuthorsAuthorGuidelinesSubmitManuscriptEditorsInDetailFocusScopeEthicalMalPracticeCopyrightInformationInformationforAuthorsInformationforEditorsInformationforReviewersCitationsContactUsSpecialIssueRSSReachUs44-7456-871389UseofBellsTestintheEvaluationoftheHemineglectPostUnilateralStrokeOliveiradeCR1,2,LuaradeFC1,KarinaCP3*andRochelePF11PsychologyFaculty,PontificalCatholicUniversityofRioGrandedoSul,PortoAlegre,Brazil2PsychologyFaculty,PassoFundo,Brazil3SpeechandLanguageDepartment,FederalUniversityofSantaMaria,SantaMaria,BrazilCorrespondingAuthor:KarinaCarlessoPagliarinSpeechandLanguageDepartment,FederalUniversityofSantaMaria,SantaMaria,Brazil.Tel:(+5555)84036564E-mail:[email protected]Receiveddate:May06,2016;Accepteddate:June06,2016;Publisheddate:June10,2016Citation:OliveiradeCR,LuaradeFC,KarinaCP,etal.UseofBellsTestintheEvaluationoftheHemineglectPostUnilateralStroke.JNeurolNeurosci.2016,7:S3. VisitformorerelatedarticlesatJournalofNeurologyandNeuroscienceAbstractTheBellsTestisacancellationtaskwithdistractorsthatrequiresvisualexploration.Itcanevaluatevisualhemineglect.Theaimofthisstudywastocompareperformancebetweengroups(rightbraindamage,leftbraindamageandhealthycontrols)intheBellsTest,aswellastoevaluateandcharacterizetheevaluationofhemineglectthroughthisinstrument.Forty-sixstrokepatientsand46healthycontrolswereevaluatedwithBellsTest.Ingeneralpatientswithrightbraindamagehadmoreomissionsthanthosewithleftbraindamageandhealthycontrolsinleft(p=0.06)andrightcolumns(p=0.06),andtotalofomissions(p=0.02).Theyalsotooklongertocomplete(showedalongtimetoperform)thetask(p≤0.001).Inaddition,weidentified22%oftherightbraindamagesamplewithsignsofhemineglect,greaterprevalenceofdisorganizedstrategiesandacancellationstartingpatternmoretotherightfield.TheBellsTestshowedsignific