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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"motor disorders"”.
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Bimanual coordination and motor learning in children with unilateral motor disorders
… Extensive research has been done investigating motor impairments on a functional level using standardized procedures. There is a lack of studies however looking at the specific problem of coordination of a bimanual task, especially with respect to the different underlying neuropathologies. Aims …
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The role of the abdominal muscles in pelvic positioning and lower limb function in children with spastic type cerebral palsy
… said to be the main factor in the development of motor disorders, however in cerebral palsy (CP) the role of the trunk especially in lower limb function is not clearly understood. This research project aimed to investigate the role of the abdominal muscles and determine its contribution to the …
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Ikimokyklinio amžiaus vaikų kalbos ir motorikos sutrikimų sąsajos /
… of scientific literature on language and its disorders, general and the importance of fine motor development, articulation and the importance of speech. Analyzed the influence of motor speech disorders. Before the investigation, hypothesis that 4-6 years of motor system may have an impact on …
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Selective Mutism And Art Therapies
… often have a history of anxiety, linguistic and motor disorders. Current therapies include a mix of anti-anxiety medication, behavioral modification therapy and anxiety reduction techniques.</p> <p> Art therapy, (dance, drama and theater), has been shown to be beneficial in reducing anxiety and …
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Využití terapie vynuceného používání paretické horní končetiny u pacientů po cévní mozkové příhodě v ergoterapii
… adult patients after stroke who have upper limb motor disorders. The present study is structured into two sections: a theoretical part and an analytic-descriptive one. In theoretical part history of the method is presented together at Basic method principles and detail contents of a therapeutic …
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Behaviour disorders dopamine-related
… awareness that in Parkinson's disease can occur motor and non motor disorders, in particular substances dependency syndromes and behavioral addiction. Objectives of the study. Objective of the study is to determine any changes frontal circuits potentially involved in the development and …
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Mutual information derived functional connectivity of the electroencephalogram (EEG)
… simply rest quietly with their eyes closed. In motor disorders such as Parkinson’s disease (PD), abnormalities are only expected during performance of motor tasks, but this makes the assumption of stationarity of relationships between EEG channels untenable. We therefore propose a novel EEG …
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Wireless Sub-Cellular Sized Stimulators for Minimally Invasive Deep Brain Stimulation with High Spatiotemporal Resolution
… (DBS) has become a mainstream treatment for motor disorders associated with neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson’s disease (PD). The DBS device, often called the “pacemaker for the brain”, utilizes surgically implanted leads with 4-8 contacts points into the targeting area. The …
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Wheelchair controlled by human brainwave using brain-computer interface system for paralyzed patient
… especially for people who suffer from motor disorders such as peripheral nerves and muscles. The invention aims to develop an integrated wheelchair which can be controlled by a paralyzed person using only a single electrode. In this research, the efficiency of the brainwave integrated …
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Bootle Rumble: Gamifying Rehabilitation Exercise for Youth with Cerebral Palsy
… physiotherapists in order to improve or maintain motor function as they grow into adolescence. However, in the field of physiotherapeutic medicine, adherence to exercise prescriptions has been shown to be low. Motivation and enjoyment have been identified as important factors of adherence to …
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Constructing and maintaining disability: discourses of power, conflict and choice in special educational needs administration
For parents of children with motor disorders, there is controversy over selecting the most appropriate or prefer-red school, with decision-making power residing with special educational needs officers working for local education authorities. Problems arise when some parents specifically request an …
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Optimizing the neural response to electrical stimulation and exploring new applications of neurostimulation
… who suffer from neurologic and neuropsychiatric disorders that are resistant to standard treatments. For deep brain stimulation (DBS), its official approved use has been limited to mainly motor disorders, such as Parkinson's disease and essential tremor. Alcohol use disorder, and addictive …
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A Molecular Mechanism for Endocytic Recycling of the M5 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor
… to schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, and motor disorders. Functional studies of the muscarinic receptors have been hampered by a lack of selective pharmacology, poor receptor immunoreactivity and a wide, overlapping pattern of expression. MRs are characterized by the presence of a large …
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STUDIO DEL RUOLO DELLA PROTEINA PRIONICA NELLA REGOLAZIONE DEL SONNO MEDIANTE L'UTILIZZO DI MODELLI MURINI TRANSGENICI
… (PrP) gene. CJD is usually characterized by motor disorders, cognitive impairment and electroencephalographic alterations but recently sleep modification have been described. Moreover a role for PrP in sleep has been proposed on the basis of data collected in Knock-out mice. We generated a …
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Cerebral spasticity modeled as disorded equilibrium point control
… impairments of these mechanisms leading to motor disorders. This research's goal was to determine the role of stretch reflex threshold in the regulation of impaired motor control through the exploration of the following research questions: Can experimental measures be produced leading to the …
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Valutazione degli effetti dell'esercizio fisico adattato sulla capacità fisica e sulla regolazione cardiocircolatoria in pazienti con sclerosi multipla
… of the central nervous system (CNS). Fatigue, motor disorders, muscle weakness and balance problems are very common consequences in MS patients. There are many suggestions that indicate impairments, resulting not only from disease’s progression per se, but also from sedentary lifestyle …
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The diagnosis of dystonia, an issue yet to be solved
… from the Italian Registry of Functional Motor Disorders and the Italian Registry of Adult Dystonia. Patients with functional and idiopathic dystonia were followed up at the same clinical sites, and they were similar in age and sex. We identified 113 patients with functional dystonia and …
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Globus and dysphagia : clinical features and diagnostics
… pressure was not elevated, and esophageal motor disorders diagnosed were mainly minor, a finding evident in healthy subjects, as well. However, globus patients had supragastric belching more often than controls with reflux. In the second study, we observed that globus patients felt symptom …
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Los Tics y su relación con las dificultades de aprendizaje: estudio longitudinal de la prevalencia de los tics primarios y comorbilidad asociada en la población infanto-juvenil, y su asociación con las dificultades de aprendizaje
Como resultado de años de trabajo en investigación surge «Tics y dificultades de aprendizaje», una tesis doctoral que tomando como hilo conductor a la neuropsicología aborda los trastornos del movimientos con tics y su relación con los problemas del aprendizaje a la luz de los conocimientos …