Physical Effects of a Stroke Vision Loss Vision loss is generally called visual field loss, which means that a person has a disturbance in their field of vision, which does not can no longer be seen. To classify visual field loss, the size and extent of the visual disturbance are taken into account. A stroke occurring in the left hemisphere will affect the right field of vision in each eye. The same applies to the right hemisphere affecting vision in the left field of vision of each eye. Types of vision loss • Hemianopia: blindness in half of the visual field. The most common form is homonymous hemianopia, which means the vision loss affects the same side of each eye. About 8 to 10% of stroke survivors have homonymous hemianopia. • Quadrantanopia: blindness in one quarter of the visual field. • Scotoma: blindness in a localized area much like a blind spot where there should not be one have.• Tunnel vision: blindness in peripheral vision is lost, this is called bitemporal hemianopia. Bitemporal hemianopia results in loss of the temporal half of the visual field in each eye. Treatment of vision loss Treatment strategies aim to increase the field of vision, this treatment is broken down into three categories: Optical therapy: or rather relocation of the field of vision, involved using mirrors or prisms to move the images of the affected area to the unaffected area. This therapy does not restore affected areas but rather can increase the visual field by up to 20 degrees. Saccadic training: a treatment increasing eye movement. When a person scans and landscapes, there may be a blind spot due to vision loss. Therapy can help train the eye muscles to compensate for staying in an unaffected field of vision, so the head must turn. Visual Restoration Therapy: ...... middle of paper ...... reflexes Spasticity Treatment When treating spasticity, specific goals are to: increase range of motion, relax stiff muscles and inhibit involuntary contractions; in order to achieve these goals, specific medications and therapies are prescribed. asha.org/public/speech/disorders/tbi/http://www.mayfieldclinic.com/PE-TBI.htmhttp://circ.ahajournals.org/content/117/4/e25.longhttp://emedicine. medscape.com/article/326510-overviewhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0003684/http://www.Strokecenter.org/patients/about-Stroke/ischemic-Stroke/http:// www.Strokeassociation.org/STROKEORG/AboutStroke/TypesofStroke/IschemicClots/Ischemic-Strokes-Clots_UCM_310939_Article.jsphttp://www.Stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=type