Pusher Article

Question 1

A patient with pusher syndrome feels upright when their body is tilted ___________ the side of the lesion

Answer 1

away from

Question 2

Pusher syndrome is related to what other 2 conditions?

Answer 2

Aphasia and neglect

Question 3

T or F, neglect is the cause of pushing behavior

Answer 3

F

Question 4

What structure is commonly damaged in patient’s with pusher syndrome?

Answer 4

left or right posterolateral thalamus

Question 5

T or F: patients with pusher syndrome also have an altered perception of what is vertical using their vision

Answer 5

F, vision in intact and normal and patients in this study could align themselves with visual cues upon command

Question 6

What are the 3 variables for diagnosing pushing syndrome

Answer 6

(1) spontaneous body posture,

(2) increase of pushing force by
spreading of the nonparetic extremities
from the body

(3) resistance to
passive correction of posture.