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Telerehabilitation for addressing executive dysfunction after traumatic brain...
Telerehabilitation allows for the delivery of cognitive training post traumatic brain injury. Writing in Brain Injury, 05/01/2013 Ng EMW et al. from Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health...
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Resting-State fMRI pinpoints changes in brain organization after TBI
Evidence from functional MRI findings show the traumatic effect on brain network function of traumatic brain injury (tbi). Writing in Neurology, 04/26/2013 Zhou Y et al. from New York University...
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White Matter Changes Correlate with Cognitive Functioning in Parkinsons Disease
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) can be used to see cortical white-matter integrity in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Writing in Frontiers in Neurology, 05/02/2013 Theilmann RJ et al from Neurology Service VA...
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New Evidence for Therapies in Stroke Rehabilitation
A report in Current Atherosclerosis Reports, 05/03/2013 looks at the evidence based in medicine for physical therapy interventions to promote Neurologic rehabilitation post stroke. The report by Dobkin...
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Home therapy to improve arm and hand function after brain injury in New Zealand
Over 30,000 New Zealanders have a traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year. Added to this only 11 per cent of people with stroke receive any rehabilitation therapy after they leave hospital. Because of...
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Rehabilitation of traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCI)
Kennedy P et al. working at the National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, UK discuss whether patients with traumatic spinal cord injuries and patients with non-traumatic spinal cord...
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The contribution of movement activation and inhibition in Parkinson’s Disease
Writing in Journal of Parkinson’s Disease, 05/08/2013 Disbrow EA et al.use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fmri) to look at circuits within the basal ganglia that coordinate activation and...
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Balance and mobility problems in patients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury MTBI
Reliability, validity, and responsiveness of the High–Level Mobility Assessment Tool (HiMAT) in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury MTBI was looked at in Physical Therapy, 05/08/2013. The research was...
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Central post-stroke pain syndrome (CPSP)
Central post-stroke pain syndrome (CPSP) is described by patients as sharp, stabbing, or burning pain and the experience of hyperpathia – an abnormally exaggerated subjective response to painful...
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Are musculoskeletal problems in Parkinson’s disease neglected
Parkinson’s disease – PD patients do not receive adequate treatment for musculoskeletal problems. This was the conclusion reached by Kim YE et al. from the Department of Neurology and Movement Disorder...
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