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The Relationship of Orientation to Physical Aggression and Compliance (2003)

January 11, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The authors of this case study researched the correlation between compliance, orientation (a patient’s awareness of their person/time/ place), and aggression in patients whom had experienced traumatic brain injury (TBI) and were attending speech-language treatment. The study was an extension of previous research findings investigating the relationship between these three topics in regard to patients […]
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Treatment Method: Attentive Reading with Constrained Summarization-Written (2018)

January 11, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Participants included in the study all were diagnosed with mild aphasia/ dysgraphia, assessed with the Cognitive Linguistic Quick Test (CLQT) and found to be at mild/within normal limits, and had no history of learning disabilities or drug abuse. Three participants total were ultimately selected, one male (P1) and two females (P2/P3), with a mean age […]
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Oral Care and Rates of Pneumonia and Cost of Oral Hygiene (2013)

January 11, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The authors of this original research study sought to determine whether use of the Bedside Oral Exam (BOE) and the Barrow Oral Care Protocol (BOCP) in intensive care units (ICU) would be beneficial to the oral health of ICU patients. They also evaluated staff response to these assessments, the cost effectiveness of materials needed, and […]
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Chemobrain and Mindfulness (2015)

January 11, 2022 by Megan Berg.
In a two-arm randomized clinical trial, 60 breast cancer and 11 colorectal cancer survivors experiencing CRF participated in the trial. Participants were required to be legal adults (18- years-of-age), and had undergone either chemotherapy, radiology, or both to treat first time breast or colorectal cancer. Participants were placed either in an 8-week MBSR group, or […]
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The Auditory Comprehension of Wh- Questions in Aphasia (2015)

January 11, 2022 by Megan Berg.
In this study, the experiment was broken out into two phases.The first phase included participants included college-age adults without aphasia as a control group. 32students’ (24 women and 8 men) eyes were tracked with a Tobii eye-tracker as they were asked to respond to wh- questions with 65 action pictures. An example of this picture […]
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The Effect of Exercise Therapy in Head and Neck Cancer Patients in the Treatment of Radiotherapy-Induced Trismus (2015)

January 11, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Material and methodsSearch strategy and methodsA search with the terms “head and neck cancer,” “exercise therapy” and “trismus” was conducted via PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and PEDro. PubMed produced 281 results, Embase 255, the Cochrane Library 24, and PEDro 21, making a total of 581 results. Removal of 134 duplicates left 447 results.Two reviewers […]
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Smooth Pursuit vs Visual Scanning Therapy for Left Neglect (2014)

January 11, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Functional neglect measures, unawareness, and activities of daily living (ADLs) were emphasized when comparing SPT and VST treatments.To be included in the trial, patients had to have experienced a right-hemisphere stroke, demonstrated visual neglect in two screening tests, and were able to participate in neglect training for 30 minutes on a daily basis. Out of […]
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Botulinum Toxin in Management of Synkinesis in Patients With Unilateral and Bilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis (2017)

January 11, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The researchers followed 12 patients with airway obstruction due to synkinesis and were treated with BOTOX. All 12 people experienced RLN damage due to medical examination or treatment. Patients were followed every three months (but were seen more frequently if needed), and were followed between 2008 and 2015.BOTOX works by preventing presynaptic release of acetylcholine. […]
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Optimal treatment of laryngo-pharyngeal reflux disease (2013)

January 11, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Lifestyle modificationsObesity: A higher body mass index is associated with higher levels of GERD. GERD symptoms worsen with weight gain and improve with weight loss.Eating habits: Chocolate, coffee, high-fat foods increase GERD symptoms. Esophageal acid exposure is higher with high-caloric diet. Carbonated beverages decrease LES pressure and predict GERD symptoms. Consuming bread and fibers at […]
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Does the Clock Drawing Test Have Focal Neuroanatomical Correlates? (2008)

January 11, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Cognitive-LinguisticsThe neuroanatomical analysis was based on magnetic resonance (MR) data obtained in a 1.5 Tesla General Electric Sigma scanner with a 3D SPGR sequence yielding 1.5 mm contiguous T1 weighted coronal cuts, or, in a few subjects in whom an MR could not be obtained, on computerized axial tomography (CT) data. Some of the patients […]
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