ABSTRACT NUMBER: ESOC2026A2283 IMPROVING DETECTION OF APHASIA AND SPATIAL NEGLECT: TWO-CENTER PROSPECTIVE VALIDATION OF A DUAL-PURPOSE NIHSS ITEM 9

Ieva Celpacenko, Matijosaitis Vaidas, Tadas Vanagas, Vaitkus Antanas, Haukur Hjaltason, Eysteinn Ívarsson, Marianne Klinke · 2026

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Ieva Celpacenko and co-authors report a 2026 conference study testing a reshaped stroke scale item that screens for language loss and spatial neglect at once. The standard scale undercounts right-brain harm, since its neglect item catches only one narrow sign. The new item uses a classic picture scene in place of plain naming.

More than six hundred patients at two centers took the new item within a week of stroke. Against a bedside function scale, the item caught neglect with high marks for both hits and correct clears. It took under thirty seconds to give. Standard pencil tests missed more cases or went unfinished more often. The authors offer the item as a fast, fairer add-on to routine scoring.

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CREATORIeva Celpacenko, Matijosaitis Vaidas, Tadas Vanagas, Vaitkus Antanas, Haukur Hjaltason, Eysteinn Ívarsson, Marianne Klinke
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE2 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13146343

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