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Water Supplementation After Dehydration Improves Judgment and Decision-Making Performance (2019)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The authors had 4 hypotheses for this study: (Hypothesis 1) water consumption would improve sustained attention and executive function test results; (Hypothesis 2) water consumption should also be extended to improve judgment and decision-making tasks; (Hypothesis 3) attention and executive function accuracy will correlate with judgment and decision- making tasks; (Hypothesis 4) The judgement and […]
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Impaired Cognitive Modification for Estimating Time Duration in Parkinson’s Disease (2018)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This study had 20 participants (9 females) with PD—with no signs of dementia—and 20 elderly healthy controls (9 females). Both the Mini-Mental Status Examination and Montreal Cognitive Assessment were given to all the participants and everyone scored >25. All of the participants were right- handed and there were no significant differences with age. The participants […]
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Relationship Between Self-Administered Cues and Rehabilitation Outcomes in Individuals with Aphasia: Understanding Individual Responsiveness to a Technology-Based Rehabilitation Program (2017)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This study focuses on patient’s use of self- administered cues through a software program called Constant Therapy. The use of self- administered cues provides detailed information about the patient’s insight into his/her impairment and ability to independently complete a language task. There are important factors that need to be present for the successful use of […]
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The Effect of Traditional Dysphagia Therapy on the Swallowing Function in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A Pilot Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial (2019)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The authors used a randomized, double-blind, clinical trial to determine how TDT would affect individuals with MS with dysphagia. The participants from the study were included if he/ she had an established diagnosis of MS according to McDonald’s criteria, between 20 and 60 years of age, DYMUS questionnaire indicated dysphagia, no acute relapse in the […]
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Self-Focused Processing After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Relationship to Neurocognitive Symptoms (2018)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Severe TBI can negatively impact a person’s capacity for self-reflection and emotional regulation. Self-reflection was broken down into rumination and reflection which are both used to cope with stress or problem solve. Rumination is the negative thoughts or perception of self in regards to losses, threats, or injustices. If this negative self-talk continues with an […]
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A Systematic Review of Semantic Feature Analysis Therapy Studies for Aphasia (2018)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
A “feature analysis chart” is used during SFA to identify semantic features for an item (action, use, location, properties, associations) to increase word retrieval abilities. A picture is used during this therapy to encourage the patient to answer the semantic features on a chart for the picture. The SLP provides more cues, then fades them […]
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Dysphagia in Multiple Sclerosis: Evaluation and Validation of the DYMUS Questionnaire (2017)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The DYMUS questionnaire was designed by Bergamaschi et al. and is currently the only questionnaire for identifying the presence of dysphagia with individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). This questionnaire is able to determine the presence of oropharyngeal dysphagia and indicate the need for objections assessments such as the FEES and/or VFSS. The study compared the […]
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Predictive Value of Early MRI Findings on Neurocognitive and Psychiatric Outcomes in Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (2019)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This prospective cross-sectional research study had 251 patients with severe brain injuries and they had an MRI completed within the first month of the injury. The authors defined severe head trauma as Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of 8 or less during admission with non-surgical resuscitation or the GCS deteriorated to 8 or less during the […]
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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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