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Characteristics of Criocopharyngeal Dysphagia after Ischemic Stroke (2018)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Cricopharyngeal dysfunction (CPD) is when the muscles do not relax the upper esophageal sphincter (UES), during swallowing, and this prevents the bolus to pass from the pharynx to the esophagus. The incidence of CPD has been reported to be as high as 50%, among individuals with stokes. This study aimed to determine if the brain […]
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Mirroring the Social Aspects of Speech and Actions: The Role of the Insula (2017)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This study had 18 healthy volunteers (9 female, 9 male) who were all right-handed, had normal or corrected vision, and normal hearing. Since the participants were all being scanned with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during these sessions speaking would negatively impact the images so they were asked to “imagine” doing the tasks. Each session […]
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Age-Related Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline — The Potential Mechanisms Linking the Two (2019)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The authors of this review article propose four hypotheses to link ARHL with cognitive decline and dementia. Their four hypotheses include 1) cognitive load theory, 2) common cause factor responsible for age-related declines for cognition, 3) cascade hypothesis, 4) overdiagnosis or harbinger hypothesis. The authors also try to answer the question “do hearing aids (or […]
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Impact of Expiratory Strength Training in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (2016)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The authors had 25 participants who were diagnosed with probable or definite ALS, according to the Revised El-Escorial criteria. All of the participants demonstrated reduced maximum expiratory pressure (MEP) when compared to normative data for his/her gender and age. The forced vital capacity was also greater than 60% for all the participants. The authors used […]
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Long-Term Effects of Brief Hypoxia Due to Cardiac Arrest: Hippocampal Reduction and Memory Deficits (2018)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This study included nine patients who had a myocardial infarction complicated by a brief cardiac arrest (MI with CA), outside of the hospital, that required <7 minutes for initiation of CPR. The control group consisted of nine patients who had a myocardial infarction without a cardiac arrest. The patients participated in this study 5 months […]
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The Posterior Cerebellum is Involved in Constructing Social Action Sequences: An fMRI Study (2019)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Previous research with healthy adults— using fMRI technology—has demonstrated strong activation between the cerebellum and cerebral cortex during the understanding of social events and behaviors. This study wanted to expand upon Van Overwalle et al (2019) research that used picture sequencing (using cartoon drawings) with “false belief ” tasks. These tasks require a person to […]
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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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