Abstract
The Eastchester clapping sign is advocated as an early and sensitive sign of hemispatial egocentric neglect. Patients are asked to clap: those with neglect perform one-handed motions which stop at the midline. Hemiplegic patients without neglect reach across the midline and clap against their plegic hand.
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Larner, A.J. (2011). E. In: A Dictionary of Neurological Signs. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7095-4_5
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