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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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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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