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Neurophysiological Changes in Post Stroke Spasticity Patients

The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: A stroke is a serious life-threatening medical condition that occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is disrupted. Spasticity is a state, in which, there is an increase in muscle tone or stiffness, which might be associated ...
Safa Fawzi, Farqad Hamdan, Gheyath Al-Gawwam, Israa Jaafar   +3 more
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Disrupted Ankle Control and Spasticity in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury: The Association Between Neurophysiologic Measures and Function. A Scoping Review

Frontiers in Neurology, 2020
Control of muscles about the ankle joint is an important component of locomotion and balance that is negatively impacted by spinal cord injury (SCI).
Jasmine M. Hope, Jasmine M. Hope, Ryan Z. Koter, Stephen P. Estes, Edelle C. Field-Fote, Edelle C. Field-Fote, Edelle C. Field-Fote, Edelle C. Field-Fote   +7 more
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Novel Triaxial Raman Scanning Platform for Evaluating Integrity of Graphite Electrodes in Li-Ion Batteries

IEEE Access, 2021
The quality of Li-ion batteries is highly related to the crystallinity of the graphite used in their electrodes. Therefore, the development of two-dimensional detection equipment for evaluating the integrity of graphite electrodes is critical.
Pei-Han Guo, Hsin-Ming Cheng, Jeng-Shiung Chen, Yi-Shiuan Wu, Chun-Chen Yang, Fu-Yen Zeng, Ren-Jie Chung, Po-Tuan Chen   +7 more
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The blink reflex test does not show abnormalities in a large group of patients with chronic migraine

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2013
The blink reflex – a simple, non-invasive and inexpensive test – may be indicative of lesions or dysfunctions of the brainstem, and particularly assesses the trigeminal-facial arch.
Joseph Bruno Bidin Brooks, Yara Dadalti Fragoso   +1 more
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Incremental Velocity Error as a New Treatment in Vestibular Rehabilitation (INVENT VPT) Trial: study protocol for a randomized controlled crossover trial

Trials, 2021
Background A clinical pattern of damage to the auditory, visual, and vestibular sensorimotor systems, known as multi-sensory impairment, affects roughly 2% of the US population each year.
Ann-Margret Ervin, Michael C. Schubert, Americo A. Migliaccio, Jamie Perin, Hamadou Coulibaly, Jennifer L. Millar, Dale Roberts, Mark Shelhamer, Daniel Gold, Stephanie Beauregard, Robin Pinto, Douglas Brungart, Bryan K. Ward, for the INVENT VPT Research Group   +13 more
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Effect of high level of bladder filling on spinal nociception and motoneuronal excitability [PDF]

, 2015
To verify whether high level of bladder distension may counteract the inhibitory effect of descending pathways on sacral spinal cord neurons and to investigate which spinal circuitries are possibly involved in such a viscero-somatic interaction ...
Carbone, Antonio, Conte, Carmela, Coppola, Gianluca, Cortese, Francesca, Fragiotta, Gaia, Mastroianni, Santo, Palleschi, Giovanni, Pastore, ANTONIO LUIGI, Perrotta, Armando, Pierelli, Francesco, Serrao, Mariano   +10 more
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Comparative analysis of audiometric and impedancemetric findings in workers exposed to the effects of various duration industrial noise [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2010
Background/Aim. Industrial noise is produced in workshops due to factory machinery and tools used in technological processes. It has detrimental effect to primarily the organ of the sense of hearing, thus damaging hearing in oversensitive subjects.
Živić Ljubica, Ignjatović Snežana, Terzić Negra, Jakovljević Vladimir Lj., Živić Danijela, Đonović Nela   +5 more
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Audiogenic reflex seizures in cats [PDF]

, 2015
This study aims at characterizing feline audiogenic reflex seizures (FARS). An online questionnaire was developed to capture information from owners with cats suffering FARS.
Bessant, C, Garosi, L, Harvey, RJ, Lowrie, M, Sparkes, A   +4 more
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The Value of Ultrasonography in determining Pupillary Light Reflex in Patients with Traumatic Ocular Injuries; a Letter to Editor

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2019
Pupillary light reflex (PLR) measurement is one of the frequent physical examinations used by emergency physicians for assessment of brain stem function and monitoring of intracranial pressure (1, 2).
Hamid Mirjalili, Ali Raee Ezzabadi, Yeganeh Yazdiyousefi, Mohammad Ali Jafari Nadoshan   +3 more
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Efficiency of low versus high airline pressure in stunning cattle with a pneumatically powered penetrating captive bolt gun [PDF]

, 2017
The efficiency of stunning cattle was assessed in 443 animals (304 pure Zebu and 139 crossbred cattle), being mainly mature bulls and cows. Cattle were stunned using a Jarvis pneumatically powered penetrating captive bolt gun operating with low (160–175 ...
Costa, F A D, Gibson, T J, Gregory, N G, Oliveira, S E O, Rodrigues Paranhos Da Costa, M J   +4 more
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