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Working memory in children with developmental disorders [PDF]
, 2009 The aim of the present study was to directly compare working memory skills across students with different developmental disorders to investigate whether the uniqueness of their diagnosis would impact memory skills.
Tracy, Alloway +6 more
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Non-speech oro-motor exercise use in acquired dysarthria management : regimes and rationales [PDF]
, 2011 Non-speech oro-motor exercises (NSOMExs) are described in speech and language therapy (SLT) manuals, and are thought to be much used in acquired dysarthria intervention, though there is no robust evidence of an influence on speech outcome.
Mackenzie, Catherine +2 more
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Motor coordination among Greek children: from assessment to intervention [PDF]
, 2010 A Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Wolverhampton for the degree of Doctor of PhilosophyBackground: Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) describes children with a difficulty to acquire age-specific motor
Tsiotra, Georgia D.
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A Preliminary Investigation of the Running Digit Span As a Test of Working Memory
Behavioural Neurology, 2008 The objective of this study was to compare performance on different versions of the running span task, and to examine the relationship between task performance and tests of episodic memory and executive function. We found that the average capacity of the
Marjan Jahanshahi +4 more
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Possible Functional Moving Toes Syndrome
Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 2016 Background: Moving toes syndrome has been classically described as an organic movement disorder, on occasion related to peripheral nerve injuries. The association between nerve trauma and movement disorders has become a controversial topic, and the ...
Nora Vanegas-Arroyave +4 more
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Neural Plasticity, 2016 Introduction. Paired associative stimulation (PAS) is an established technique to investigate synaptic plasticity in the human motor cortex (M1). Classically, to induce long-term depression- (LTD-) or long-term potentiation-like effects in the human M1 ...
Prachaya Srivanitchapoom +7 more
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Photophobia in neurologic disorders
Translational Neurodegeneration, 2017 Photophobia is a common symptom seen in many neurologic disorders, however, its pathophysiology remains unclear. Even the term is ambiguous. In this paper, we review the epidemiology and clinical manifestations of photophobia in neurological disorders ...
Yiwen Wu, Mark Hallett
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Critical Aspects of Clinical Trial Design for Novel Cell and Gene Therapies
Parkinson's Disease, 2011 Neural cell transplantation and gene therapy have attracted considerable interest as promising therapeutic alternatives for patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).
Zinovia Kefalopoulou +2 more
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Non-specific nature of specific language impairment: a review of the literature with regard to concomitant motor impairments [PDF]
, 2001 In the light of emerging suggestions that language and motor deficits may co-occur, the literature on specific language impairment (SLI) was reviewed to investigate the prevalence of co-morbidity between SLI and poor limb motor skill in children ...
Hill, Elisabeth L.
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Role of supplementary motor area in cervical dystonia and sensory tricks
Scientific Reports, 2022 Sensory trick is a characteristic feature of cervical dystonia (CD), where a light touch on the area adjacent to the dystonia temporarily improves symptoms.
Hyun Joo Cho +7 more
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