Assessment of anosognosia for motor impairments
This chapter begins with a threefold distinction that organizes the investigation of anosognosia: the distinction between failure to experience a motor impairment (concurrent unawareness); failure to acknowledge the impairment itself; and failure to appreciate the consequences of the impairment. It then reviews methods for the assessment of motor impairments and anosognosia for motor impairments including structured anosognosia interviews that have been published. This literature review reveals considerable variation in the methods by which patients with anosognosia have been assessed. The development of a comprehensive and widely accepted procedure for assessing anosognosia for motor impairments would contribute to a better understanding of the many factors in anosognosia and might also lead to improvement in the clinical management of patients. The chapter presents a structured interview that offers a theoretically motivated and relatively comprehensive approach to the assessment of anosognosia for motor impairments.
Keywords: anosognosia, motor impairments, neuropsychological assessments, structure interview
Oxford Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs , and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us .