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Perseveration During Verbal Fluency in Traumatic Brain Injury Reflects Impairments in Working Memory (2016)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The experimental group had 143 Italian- speaking patients (118 males, 25 females) who all were diagnosed with a TBI. All of these participants experienced a loss of consciousness immediately after his/her brain injury and at the first medical assessment had a Glasgow Coma Scale less than or equal to 13. Of the 143 participants the […]
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Implementing the Free Water Protocol Does Not Result in Aspiration Pneumonia Dysphagia: A Systematic Review (2016)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Eight studies were included in this review, from a large search of 2792 total articles. The eight studies selected were randomized control trials. From these eight studies, there were 245 patients identified with oropharyngeal dysphagia after a clinical bedside evaluation or Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES). All of the participants were participating with inpatient […]
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Working Memory and Executive Function Decline across Normal Aging, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer’s Disease (2015)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Working memory “promotes active short-term maintenance of information for later access and manipulation.” It can be broken into auditory and visual working memory. The phonological loop is responsible for auditory working memory and the ability to support language comprehension. The visuospatial sketchpad is responsible for visual working memory and supporting visuospatial reasoning. For adults over […]
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Impact of Chronic Hyponatremia on Neurocognitive and Neuromuscular Function (2018)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This study had 19 patient’s from an outpatient clinic of the University Hospital of Wurzbug with documented chronic mild (sodium level 130-134 mmol/L) or moderate (serum sodium level 121-129 mmol/ L) hyponatremia. Of the 19 patients, there were 11 females, 8 males, and their ages ranged from 45 to 79 years of age. There were […]
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Training-Dependent Structural Neuroplasticity in Brain-Injured Patients (2018)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Two journal databases were used to find structural MRI studies used to measure neuroplasticity from training or rehabilitation treatment for individuals with an acquired brain injury (ABI). 1634 research articles were initially found and after the inclusion criteria was applied, 25 articles were identified for this study. The inclusion criteria consisted of 1) the participants […]
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Iowa Oral Performance Instrument in Stroke Patients with Dysphagia (2015)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
For this study, fifty individuals who had dysphagia secondary to a stroke participated from April 2015 to July 2015. The researchers used the following as inclusion criteria for the participants 1) Videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) confirmed the dysphagia from a stroke was present; 2) the stroke occurred over 6 months ago; 3) the participants had […]
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Headache Trigger Sensitivity and Avoidance After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (2019)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This study had 53 participants from two different study groups. Study 1 group had 17 participants who were recruited from four outpatient concussion clinics. Study 2 group had 36 participants that were recruited from two of the same concussion clinics. For inclusion criteria, the participants needed to be diagnosed with a mild TBI that occurred […]
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Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Enhances the Effects of Melodic Intonation Therapy (2011)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Prior research has suggested there are two neural pathways to support recovery from Broca’s aphasia. One pathway involves the recruitment of perilesional cortex in the left hemisphere and may get some input from the right hemisphere for language recovery. However only small left hemisphere lesions can have enough of the Broca’s areas remaining to support […]
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