Discoerenza percettiva per l’arto superiore nel paziente cerebroleso .

Perception is an emergent property that integrates internal and external inputs, giving them a meaning that results in the subject’s action. In practice, perception represents not only the conscious interpretation of information conveyed by the sense organs, but also has a motor aspect. In fact, motor gesture may be necessary to complete the interpretation of the sensory stimulus. Indeed, functional movement is not possible in the absence of sensory stimulus. The present study, carried out through the enrollment of patients with ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke that has occurred for at least three months, highlights the perceptual “incoherence” that patients have of their upper limb compared to what can instead be detected by quantitative assessment tools available in rehabilitation settings. This highlights how perception is an aspect dependent on the person’s experience and subjectivity, and that standardized, quantitative assessment methods alone are often insufficient to properly investigate the patient’s problems and to set up appropriate rehabilitation treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]