2022 Volume 41 Issue 4 Pages 487-493
The purpose of this study was to clarify the compensatory methods used for activities of daily living (ADL) in a Bálint syndrome patient. The patient was a woman in her 80s who was admitted to an acute hospital due to left occipital lobe hemorrhage. Although there was no change in the severity of Bálint syndrome during hospitalization, the patient could participate in selfcare activities after 4 weeks from the onset. The visual cues and somatosensory information from the nondominant hand seemed to be utilized in the selfcare activities. Our case report suggests that the practice involving compensatory sensory information at the early stage of Bálint syndrome may be effective to regain ADL.
