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Analysis of error type and frequency in apraxia of speech among Portuguese speakers

Dementia & Neuropsychologia
Most studies characterizing errors in the speech of patients with apraxia involve English language. Objectives: To analyze the types and frequency of errors produced by patients with apraxia of speech whose mother tongue was Brazilian Portuguese ...
Maysa Luchesi Cera, Thaís Soares Cianciarullo Minett, Karin Zazo Ortiz   +2 more
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Relapsing Depression in Paramedian Thalamic Infarctions

Behavioural Neurology, 1992
Depression has recently been associated with lesions in the CNS, particularly with large infarctions in the cerebral hemispheres. We report a patient in whom two episodes of acute depression were related to relapsing paramedian thalamic infarctions ...
R. W. Baumgartner, T. Landis, M. Regard
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Rehabilitación de las actividades de la vida diaria en pacientes con apraxia del vestir.

Cuadernos de Neuropsicología, 2017
Las praxias pueden abarcar diversas actividades motoras complejas. Clásicamente, se describe a las apraxias como la desorganización de la secuencia de los movimientos requeridos para un acto (encender un cigarrillo, abrir una puerta, etc.), lo que se ...
María Florencia Durand, Lucas G. Gago Galvagno, Angel M. Elgier   +2 more
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Longitudinal Videofluorographic Dysphagia Measures in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Dysphagia can lead to fatal aspiration pneumonia in progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). Little is known about the longitudinal progression of dysphagia or whether it differs across PSP clinical variants. Objectives To characterize longitudinal changes in dysphagia across PSP variants and determine relationships with disease ...
Anna Chiara Cattani, Jerusha G. Bhaskaran, Farwa Ali, Julie Stierwalt, Federica Agosta, Massimo Filippi, Keith A. Josephs, Heather M. Clark, Jennifer L. Whitwell   +8 more
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Avaliação de apraxias em pacientes com lesão cerebrovascular em hemisfério esquerdo

Psicologia, 2011
Los estudios muestran la dominancia del hemisferio cerebral izquierdo (HI) en la planificación motora, pero se necesitan más investigaciones sobre la participación de las regiones corticales y subcorticales del HI en las apraxias.
Jaqueline de Carvalho Rodrigues, Josiane Pawlowski, Murilo Ricardo Zibetti, Rochele Paz Fonseca, Maria Alice de Mattos Pimenta Parente   +4 more
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Exocrine Gland Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease: Pathophysiology, Clinical Manifestations, and Therapeutic Perspectives—A Narrative Review

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Non‐motor symptoms, especially autonomic dysfunction, are major contributors to disability and decreased quality of life in Parkinson's disease (PD). Despite being common and having a wide range of clinical facets, exocrine gland dysfunction is still not well recognized and managed.
Renato P. Munhoz, Marina Farah, Laura Silveira‐Moriyama   +2 more
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Staff-led interventions for improving oral hygiene in patients following stroke [PDF]

, 2010
Background For people with limitations due to neurological conditions such as stroke, the routine practice of oral care may become a challenge. Evidence-based supported oral care intervention is essential for this patient group. Objectives To compare the
Brady, Marian C., Furlanetto, Denise, Hunter, Romana, Lewis, Steff C., Milne, Vikki   +4 more
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Severity and Co-occurrence of Oral and Verbal Apraxias in Left Brain Damaged Adults

Journal of Rehabilitation, 2012
Objective: Oral and verbal apraxias represent motor programming deficits of nonverbal and verbal movements respectively. Studying their properties may shed light on speech motor control processes.
Fariba Yadegari, Mojtaba A'zimian, Mehdi Rahgozar, Akbar Biglarian   +3 more
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Clinical Outcome Assessments for Functional Performance in Spastic Paresis: Systematic Review, Critique, and Recommendations

Movement Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Spastic paresis, resulting from central nervous system lesions, significantly impairs functional performance. In the framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health, functional performance was defined as functioning at the activity level in relation to the impairment of body functions and ...
Martina Hoskovcova, Marjolaine Baude, Bo Biering‐Sørensen, Ota Gal, Mary P Galea, Jean‐Michel Gracies, Carmen Rodriguez‐Blazquez, Theodore Wein, Michelle Hyczy de Siqueira Tosin, Álvaro Sánchez‐Ferro, Tiago A Mestre, Matej Skorvanek, Robert Jech, The members of the MDS Clinical Outcome Assessments Scientific Evaluation Committee and MDS Spasticity Study Group   +13 more
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Reflexões sobre o papel da escrita como ferramenta diagnóstica e reintegrativa de sujeitos com problemas cognitivos e a formação linguística dos profissionais da área: para uma legítima inclusão

Texto Livre: Linguagem e Tecnologia, 2014
RESUMO: Nesta reflexão, discute-se o papel da escrita no diagnóstico diferencial de afasias motoras e apraxias, bem como o seu uso como recurso de preservação/resgate da subjetividade de indivíduos com comprometimentos cognitivos diversos.
Margareth de Souza Freitas Thomopoulos
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