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Identification of Fall Risk Predictors in Daily Life Measurements: Gait Characteristics' Reliability and Association With Self-reported Fall History
Conclusions. Daily life gait characteristics are associated with fall history in older adults and can be reliably estimated from a week of ambulatory trunk acceleration measurements. (Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair)
Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - December 10, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Rispens, S. M., van Schooten, K. S., Pijnappels, M., Daffertshofer, A., Beek, P. J., van Dieen, J. H. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research

Quantifying Individual Components of the Timed Up and Go Using the Kinect in People Living With Stroke
Conclusions. Using the Kinect to independently assess the multiple components of the TUG may provide reliable and clinically useful information. This could enable efficient and information-rich large-scale assessments of physical deficits following stroke. (Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair)
Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - December 10, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Vernon, S., Paterson, K., Bower, K., McGinley, J., Miller, K., Pua, Y.-H., Clark, R. A. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research

Impact of Aphasia on Consciousness Assessment: A Cross-Sectional Study
Conclusion. Consciousness assessment may be complicated by the co-occurrence of severe language deficits. This stresses the importance of developing new tools or identifying items in existing scales, which may allow the detection of language impairment in severely brain-injured patients. (Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair)
Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - December 10, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Schnakers, C., Bessou, H., Rubi-Fessen, I., Hartmann, A., Fink, G. R., Meister, I., Giacino, J. T., Laureys, S., Majerus, S. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research

Working Memory Training and Semantic Structuring Improves Remembering Future Events, Not Past Events
Conclusion. Combined treatment of working memory training with exercises in semantic structuring is an effective method for cognitive rehabilitation of organic memory impairment. (Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair)
Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - December 10, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Richter, K. M., Modden, C., Eling, P., Hildebrandt, H. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research

An International Age- and Gender-Controlled Model for the Spinal Cord Injury Ability Realization Measurement Index (SCI-ARMI)
Conclusions. The original quadratic SCI-ARMI formula is valid for an international population after adjustment for age and gender. The new formula considers more factors that affect functional ability following SCI. (Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair)
Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - December 10, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Scivoletto, G., Glass, C., Anderson, K. D., Galili, T., Benjamin, Y., Front, L., Aidinoff, E., Bluvshtein, V., Itzkovich, M., Aito, S., Baroncini, I., Benito-Penalva, J., Castellano, S., Osman, A., Silva, P., Catz, A. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research

Multistimulation Group Therapy in Alzheimer's Disease Promotes Changes in Brain Functioning
Conclusions. Cognitive-behavioral and fMRI results support the notion that MST has significant effects in improving PWA cognitive-behavioral status by restoring neural functioning. (Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair)
Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - December 10, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Baglio, F., Griffanti, L., Saibene, F. L., Ricci, C., Alberoni, M., Critelli, R., Villanelli, F., Fioravanti, R., Mantovani, F., D'amico, A., Cabinio, M., Preti, M. G., Nemni, R., Farina, E. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research

Caregiver-Mediated Intervention Can Improve Physical Functional Recovery of Patients With Chronic Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Conclusion. CHI can improve physical functional recovery and, possibly, social participation in patients with chronic stroke. (Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair)
Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - December 10, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Wang, T.-C., Tsai, A. C., Wang, J.-Y., Lin, Y.-T., Lin, K.-L., Chen, J. J., Lin, B. Y., Lin, T. C. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research

ASNR 2014 Poster Abstracts
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Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - October 16, 2014 Category: Neurology Tags: Meeting Abstracts Source Type: research

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of D-cycloserine and Distributed Practice as Adjuvants to Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy After Stroke
Conclusions. Greater distribution of practice and treatment with d-cycloserine do not appear to augment retention of gains achieved with CIMT. However, concentration of CIMT over 2 weeks ("massed practice") appears to confer no advantage either. (Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair)
Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - October 16, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Nadeau, S. E., Davis, S. E., Wu, S. S., Dai, Y., Richards, L. G. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research

Plasticity and Response to Action Observation: A Longitudinal fMRI Study of Potential Mirror Neurons in Patients With Subacute Stroke
Conclusions. Plastic changes in neurons responding to action observation and action execution occurred in accordance with clinical recovery. The involvement of motor areas when observing actions early and later after stroke may constitute a possible access to the motor system. (Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair)
Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - October 16, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Brunner, I. C., Skouen, J. S., Ersland, L., Gruner, R. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research

The Effect of Visual Scanning Exercises Integrated Into Physiotherapy in Patients With Unilateral Spatial Neglect Poststroke: A Matched-Pair Randomized Control Trial
Conclusion. Intensive saccadic eye movement training with VSE integrated with task-specific activities has a significant effect on USN in patients poststroke. Results of this study are supported by findings from previously reviewed literature in the sense that the effect of saccadic eye movement training with VSE as an intervention approach has a significant effect on the visual perceptual processing of participants with USN poststroke. The significant improved visual perceptual processing translate to significantly better visual function and ability to perform activities of daily living following the stroke. (Source: Neur...
Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - October 16, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: van Wyk, A., Eksteen, C. A., Rheeder, P. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research

Is the Recovery of Functional Balance and Mobility Accompanied by Physiological Recovery in People With Severe Impairments After Stroke?
Conclusions. During stroke rehabilitation, all participants improved functionally. Some patients improved physiologically, though near discharge, all participants remained very impaired. Future studies with larger sample sizes are needed to explore the capacity for physiological recovery in this population. (Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair)
Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - October 16, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Peters, S., Ivanova, T. D., Teasell, R., Garland, S. J. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research

Measurement Properties of Streamlined Wolf Motor Function Test in Patients at Subacute to Chronic Stages After Stroke
Conclusions. The SWMFTs had sound hierarchical properties. The SWMFT-Chronic or the SWMFT-Subacute could be used to evaluate UE function of this subgroup at 9 to 12 months after stroke. (Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair)
Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - October 16, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Chen, H.-f., Wu, C.-y., Lin, K.-c., Jang, Y., Lin, S.-c., Cheng, J.-w., Chung, C.-y., Yan, Y. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research

Bilateral Priming Before Wii-based Movement Therapy Enhances Upper Limb Rehabilitation and Its Retention After Stroke: A Case-Controlled Study
Conclusions. Bilateral priming before Wii-based Movement Therapy led to a greater magnitude and retention of improvement compared to control, especially measured with the FMA. These data suggest that bilateral priming can enhance the efficacy of Wii-based Movement Therapy, particularly for patients with low motor function after a stroke. (Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair)
Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - October 16, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Shiner, C. T., Byblow, W. D., McNulty, P. A. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research

Corticospinal Excitability as a Predictor of Functional Gains at the Affected Upper Limb Following Robotic Training in Chronic Stroke Survivors
Conclusion. Subjects with lower baseline MEP magnitude benefited the most from robotic training of the affected arm. These subjects might have reserve remaining for the training to boost corticospinal excitability, translating into functional gains. (Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair)
Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - October 16, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Milot, M.-H., Spencer, S. J., Chan, V., Allington, J. P., Klein, J., Chou, C., Pearson-Fuhrhop, K., Bobrow, J. E., Reinkensmeyer, D. J., Cramer, S. C. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research