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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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Effortful Swallow and Esophageal Function (2012)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This study had 18 healthy adult participants (9 males, 9 females) with an average age of 29.9 years (age range of 23-58 years) with no history of swallowing problems, speech disorders, voice problems, or pulmonary, neurologic, or otolaryngologic diseases.During this study, the esophagus amplitude, duration, velocity, and bolus flow/clearance were measured using solid-state esophageal manometry […]
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UTIs in Residential Aged Care (2018)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This was a retrospective observational study of residents within two different LTC facilities. Facility A was a 30-bed facility and the average age of the residents was 81 years (age range of 57-93 years) and 72% of them were women. Facility B was a 100-bed facility what was split into two wards (X and Y). […]
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Tracheoesophageal Puncture (TEP) for Indwelling Voice Prosthesis (2013)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Patients included in the study were all diagnosed with laryngeal cancer in the years 1990-2008, and all received a total laryngectomy. 64 of these patients also received a tracheoesophageal puncture (TEP) and indwelling voice prosthesis during their laryngectomy, with the remaining 26 receiving the prothesis after their laryngectomy. The group who received their prothesis after […]
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