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TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01437683..
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Afasia , Acidente Vascular Cerebral , Humanos , Projetos Piloto , Afasia/etiologia , Afasia/fisiopatologia , Afasia/reabilitação , Afasia/psicologia , Masculino , Feminino , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/complicações , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/psicologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Idoso , Música/psicologia , Encéfalo/diagnóstico por imagem , Encéfalo/fisiopatologia , Reabilitação do Acidente Vascular Cerebral/métodos , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Musicoterapia/métodosRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To investigate reported burden by the Primary Family Caregiver (PFC) 7-years after severe pediatric traumatic brain injury in the TGE (Traumatisme Grave de l'Enfant) longitudinal study. METHODS: Subjective burden was estimated with the Zarit Burden Inventory (ZBI) in 36 PFC (parents), who rated their own health status (Medical Outcome Study Short Form-12), family functioning and their child's level of care and needs (Pediatric/Adult Care And Needs Scale [PCANS/CANS]). Data collection included: child and PFC sociodemographic characteristics, injury-related factors, 'objective' (e.g. overall level of disability: Glasgow Outcome Scale - Extended, GOS-E/GOS-E-Peds) and 'subjective' outcomes (e.g. participation, behavior, executive functions, quality of life and fatigue). RESULTS: 25% of PFC reported mild-moderate burden, and 19% moderate-severe burden. Higher burden correlated with worse outcomes in all 'subjective' PFC-rated outcomes, and with self-reported participation. The ZBI correlated strongly with CANS/PCANS and GOS-E/GOS-E-Peds. Overall level of disability and PFC-reported executive functioning explained 62% of the ZBI variance. For equal levels of disability, burden was higher when PFC reported a 'negative' picture of their child. CONCLUSION: Significant PFC-reported burden 7-years post-injury was associated with overall disability and 'subjective' PFC-rated outcomes. Factors influencing parental burden in the long term should be identified and psychological support implemented over time.
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Lesões Encefálicas Traumáticas , Lesões Encefálicas , Adulto , Humanos , Criança , Estudos Longitudinais , Qualidade de Vida/psicologia , Cuidadores/psicologia , Lesões Encefálicas Traumáticas/complicações , Lesões Encefálicas/complicaçõesRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Despite its potentially significant functional and emotional impact, acalculia is still too rarely assessed and managed by speech and language therapists. Research on the rehabilitation of numerical transcoding remains scarce in the literature and, despite positive results, presents a low level of evidence. AIMS: The present study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a targeted rehabilitation of numerical transcoding in two patients suffering from a chronic secondary acalculia. METHODS & PROCEDURES: Two post-brain injury females with secondary acalculia took part in a single-case experimental design with multiple baseline across subjects according to a three-phase experimental protocol: baseline involving global cognitive rehabilitation (5-7 measurements with randomized sequential introduction); targeted intervention (10 measurements); follow-up (2 immediate measurements and 1 month after the end of the intervention). Repeated outcome measures consisted of six lists composed of numbers of equivalent difficulty that were used alternately to assess numerical transcoding. We used a reverse digit span as a control measure to assess the specificity of the intervention. Rehabilitation lasted 5 weeks and consisted of errorless learning with colour cues, tables and number-words cards. OUTCOMES & RESULTS: During baseline period involving global cognitive rehabilitation, transcoding scores remained unchanged. In contrast, there was a significant improvement in scores for both patients during the intervention phase targeting transcoding and maintenance of benefits 1-month post-intervention. CONCLUSIONS & IMPLICATIONS: This study demonstrates that a specific rehabilitation targeting numerical transcoding following chronic secondary acalculia can be effective in improving transcoding skills. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: What is already known on the subject Transcoding difficulties in patients with acalculia can cause a significant disability in everyday life activities. In secondary acalculia, rehabilitation of cognitive functions associated with number processing (attention, working memory, language) is not sufficient for improvement of transcoding. What this paper adds to existing knowledge An intervention specifically targeting numerical transcoding significantly and durably improves the skills of patients with chronic secondary acalculia. What are the potential or actual clinical implications of this work? Procedural error-free intervention using colour cueing, tables, cards with number-words, copy and repetition seems effective to improve transcoding skills in chronic acalculia.
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Discalculia , Feminino , Humanos , Projetos de Pesquisa , Cognição , Memória de Curto Prazo , IdiomaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Dementia is defined as a cognitive decline that affects functional status. Longitudinal ageing surveys often lack a clinical diagnosis of dementia though measure cognition and daily function over time. We used unsupervised machine learning and longitudinal data to identify transition to probable dementia. METHODS: Multiple Factor Analysis was applied to longitudinal function and cognitive data of 15,278 baseline participants (aged 50 years and more) from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) (waves 1, 2 and 4-7, between 2004 and 2017). Hierarchical Clustering on Principal Components discriminated three clusters at each wave. We estimated probable or "Likely Dementia" prevalence by sex and age, and assessed whether dementia risk factors increased the risk of being assigned probable dementia status using multistate models. Next, we compared the "Likely Dementia" cluster with self-reported dementia status and replicated our findings in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) cohort (waves 1-9, between 2002 and 2019, 7840 participants at baseline). RESULTS: Our algorithm identified a higher number of probable dementia cases compared with self-reported cases and showed good discriminative power across all waves (AUC ranged from 0.754 [0.722-0.787] to 0.830 [0.800-0.861]). "Likely Dementia" status was more prevalent in older people, displayed a 2:1 female/male ratio, and was associated with nine factors that increased risk of transition to dementia: low education, hearing loss, hypertension, drinking, smoking, depression, social isolation, physical inactivity, diabetes, and obesity. Results were replicated in ELSA cohort with good accuracy. CONCLUSIONS: Machine learning clustering can be used to study dementia determinants and outcomes in longitudinal population ageing surveys in which dementia clinical diagnosis is lacking.
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Disfunção Cognitiva , Demência , Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Idoso , Estudos Longitudinais , Envelhecimento/psicologia , Disfunção Cognitiva/diagnóstico , Cognição , Demência/epidemiologia , Demência/diagnósticoRESUMO
This position statement of the Expert Panel on Brain Health of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) emphasizes the critical role of life course brain health in shaping mental well-being during the later stages of life. Evidence posits that maintaining optimal brain health earlier in life is crucial for preventing and managing brain aging-related disorders such as dementia/cognitive decline, depression, stroke, and anxiety. We advocate for a holistic approach that integrates medical, psychological, and social frameworks with culturally tailored interventions across the lifespan to promote brain health and overall mental well-being in aging adults across all communities. Furthermore, our statement underscores the significance of prevention, early detection, and intervention in identifying cognitive decline, mood changes, and related mental illness. Action should also be taken to understand and address the needs of communities that traditionally have unequal access to preventive health information and services. By implementing culturally relevant and tailored evidence-based practices and advancing research in geriatric psychiatry, behavioral neurology, and geroscience, we can enhance the quality of life for older adults facing the unique challenges of aging. This position statement emphasizes the intrinsic link between brain health and mental health in aging, urging healthcare professionals, policymakers, and a broader society to prioritize comprehensive strategies that safeguard and promote brain health from birth through later years across all communities. The AAGP Expert Panel has the goal of launching further activities in the coming months and years.
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Saúde Mental , Qualidade de Vida , Humanos , Estados Unidos , Idoso , Psiquiatria Geriátrica , Acontecimentos que Mudam a Vida , EncéfaloRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Because of the genetic transmission of Huntington's disease (HD), informal caregivers (ICs, i.e., non-professional caregivers) might experience consecutive and/or concurrent caregiving roles to support several symptomatic relatives with HD over their life. Additionally, some ICs might be HD carriers. However, whether family burden of care is associated with specific factors in HD remains poorly studied. OBJECTIVE: To provide a quantitative view of the IC burden and identify associated factors. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional assessment of home-dwelling symptomatic HD individuals (from REGISTRY and Bio-HD studies) and their primary adult ICs, including the HD individual's motor, cognitive, behavioral, functional Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale score; IC objective burden (quantification of IC time in activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living and supervision, using the Resource Utilization in Dementia instrument), IC subjective burden (Zarit Burden Inventory), and ICs' social economic functioning and use of professional home care. RESULTS: We included 80 ICs (mean [SD] age 57 [12.9] years, 60% women) in charge of 80 individuals with early to advanced stage HD (mean age 56 [12.6] years, 51% men). The mean hours of informal care time was high: 7.3 (7.9) h/day (range 0-24); the mean professional home care was 2.8 (2.8) h/day (range 0.1-12.3). This objective burden increased with higher functional loss of the HD individual and with more severe cognitive-behavioral disorders. The mean subjective burden (35.4 [17.8], range 4-73) showed a high level since the earliest stage of HD; it was associated with HD duration (mean 9.2 [4.7] years) and with aggressive symptoms in individuals (44% of cases). The burden was partially related to the multiplex caregiving status (19%). Protective factors lowering the IC burden included the absence of financial hardship (57%), a strong social network (16%) and keeping active on the job market outside home (46%). CONCLUSIONS: The objective-subjective burden of ICs related to changing patterns of neuro-psychiatric symptoms and mitigating environmental characteristics around the HD individual-caregiver dyads.
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Doença de Huntington , Masculino , Adulto , Humanos , Feminino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Atividades Cotidianas , Efeitos Psicossociais da Doença , Estudos Transversais , Fatores de Proteção , Cuidadores/psicologiaRESUMO
This study investigated parental reports of the level of care and needs 7-years following severe childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI), and the factors associated with this outcome. From the 65 children (0-15 years) consecutively admitted to the Parisian regional TBI reference intensive care unit following severe TBI, included in this prospective longitudinal study, 39 patients [M(SD) age at injury = 7.5 years (4.6) and assessment 15.3(4.4)] were followed 7-years post-injury and matched with a control group composed of typically developing participants (n = 34) matched by age, sex and parental education level. We used the Care and Need Scale (CANS) and its Pediatric version (PCANS) to assess the primary outcome 7-years post-injury. Concurrent measures included overall level of disability, and parent- and/or self-reported questionnaires assessing executive functioning, behavior, quality of life, fatigue, participation and caregivers' burden. The level of care and needs was significantly higher in the TBI group than in the control group, the difference being significant with the CANS only. PCANS scores were extremely variable in the control group. High level of dependency was associated with initial TBI severity (higher coma duration and initial Injury Severity Score), higher levels of behavioral problems, executive function deficits, fatigue, and lower participation levels. Caregivers' burden was strongly associated with the CANS. The CANS provides a simple and reliable measure of the support needed long-term after childhood TBI, in accordance with previous studies. The PCANS scores were not significantly different between the TBI and the control groups, which seems to illustrate the difficulty to assess accurately mild-to-moderate deficits of functional independence/adaptive behavior in children based exclusively on parental reports.
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare inflammatory myeloid neoplasm characterized by proliferation of tumor histiocytes that involves multiple organs including central nervous system. The physiopathologic process underlying degenerative neuro-LCH (i.e., DN-LCH) remains imperfectly settled. Since the main clinical features of DN-LCH are cerebellar ataxia and dysexecutive syndrome, eye movements might be disrupted and may help in disease diagnosis and monitoring. We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of twenty DN-LCH patients investigated using eye movement recording (EMR) in our hospital between 2015 and 2018. DN-LCH patients exhibited (i) abnormal gain in visually guided saccades including hypermetric saccades and excessive gain variability -45.0%-, (ii) increased mean antisaccade error rates -66.7%-, (iii) altered smooth pursuit -50.0%-, and (iv) excessive number of square wave jerks-25%- and gaze-evoked nystagmus. Our study suggests that DN-LCH patients present a peculiar pattern of eye movement impairments supporting cerebellar and prefrontal dysfunctions. As a non-invasive method, EMR could therefore be a useful tool for quantitative monitoring of DN-LCH patients. Further studies are warranted to support our findings.
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Ataxia Cerebelar , Histiocitose de Células de Langerhans , Humanos , Movimentos Oculares , Estudos Retrospectivos , Histiocitose de Células de Langerhans/diagnósticoRESUMO
As research and services in the Mediterranean region continue to increase, so do opportunities for global collaboration. To support such collaborations, the Alzheimer's Association was due to hold its seventh Alzheimer's Association International Conference Satellite Symposium in Athens, Greece in 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting was held virtually, which enabled attendees from around the world to hear about research efforts in Greece and the surrounding Mediterranean countries. Research updates spanned understanding the biology of, treatments for, and care of people with Alzheimer's disease (AD_ and other dementias. Researchers in the Mediterranean region have outlined the local epidemiology of AD and dementia, and have identified regional populations that may expedite genetic studies. Development of biomarkers is expected to aid early and accurate diagnosis. Numerous efforts have been made to develop culturally specific interventions to both reduce risk of dementia, and to improve quality of life for people living with dementia.
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Doença de Alzheimer , COVID-19 , Humanos , Doença de Alzheimer/epidemiologia , Doença de Alzheimer/terapia , Doença de Alzheimer/diagnóstico , Qualidade de Vida , Pandemias , BiomarcadoresRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: The role of ipsilateral motor cortex efferent pathways in the transmission of voluntary command to spinal motor nuclei remains controversial in humans. In healthy subjects, their implication in cortical control is hidden by predominant role of crossed corticospinal tract. However, evidence from electrophysiological and imaging studies suggest that ipsilateral tracts may contribute to functional recovery after unilateral brain damage. This randomized-sham control study aims to explore to what extent ipsilateral tracts from the undamaged hemisphere may strengthen corticospinal control onto spinal motor networks following stroke. METHODS: Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) was combined with monosynaptic H-reflex method to evaluate the variations of reciprocal inhibition (RI) in wrist flexors in 21 stroke participants. RESULTS: Anodal tDCS decreased RI in wrist flexors in stroke participants in both arms. tDCS unmasks an ipsilateral control from the undamaged hemisphere onto spinal motor networks controlling affected arm muscles in stroke participants. In the unaffected (contralateral) arm, effects in stroke participants were opposite to those induced in healthy subjects. CONCLUSIONS: Stimulation of the undamaged cortex in stroke participants induces modulation of ipsilateral motor networks controlling the hemiparetic side. SIGNIFICANCE: Rehabilitation could leverage stimulation of the undamaged hemisphere to enhance motor recovery post stroke.
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Córtex Motor , Reabilitação do Acidente Vascular Cerebral , Acidente Vascular Cerebral , Estimulação Transcraniana por Corrente Contínua , Braço , Potencial Evocado Motor/fisiologia , Humanos , Tratos Piramidais , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/terapia , Reabilitação do Acidente Vascular Cerebral/métodos , Estimulação Transcraniana por Corrente Contínua/métodosRESUMO
AIM: Adaptive mechanisms in spinal circuits are likely involved in homeostatic responses to maintain motor output in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Given the role of Renshaw cells in regulating the motoneuron input/output gain, we investigated the modulation of heteronymous recurrent inhibition. METHODS: Electrical stimulations were used to activate recurrent collaterals resulting in the Hoffmann reflex depression. Inhibitions from soleus motor axons to quadriceps motoneurons, and vice versa, were tested in 38 patients and matched group of 42 controls. RESULTS: Compared with controls, the mean depression of quadriceps reflex was larger in patients, while that of soleus was smaller, suggesting that heteronymous recurrent inhibition was enhanced in quadriceps but reduced in soleus. The modulation of recurrent inhibition was linked to the size of maximal direct motor response and lower limb dysfunctions, suggesting a significant relationship with the integrity of the target motoneuron pool and functional abilities. No significant link was found between the integrity of motor axons activating Renshaw cells and the level of inhibition. Enhanced inhibition was particularly observed in patients within the first year after symptom onset and with slow progression of lower limb dysfunctions. Normal or reduced inhibitions were mainly observed in patients with motor weakness first in lower limbs and greater dysfunctions in lower limbs. CONCLUSION: We provide the first evidence for enhanced recurrent inhibition and speculate that Renshaw cells might have transient protective role on motoneuron by counteracting hyperexcitability at early stages. Several mechanisms likely participate including cortical influence on Renshaw cell and reinnervation by slow motoneurons.
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Esclerose Lateral Amiotrófica , Células de Renshaw , Humanos , Neurônios Motores/fisiologia , Inibição Neural/fisiologia , Medula Espinal/fisiologiaRESUMO
PURPOSE: A reliable tool for outcome prognostication in severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) would improve intensive care unit (ICU) decision-making process by providing objective information to caregivers and family. This study aimed at designing a new classification score based on magnetic resonance (MR) diffusion metrics measured in the deep white matter between day 7 and day 35 after TBI to predict 1-year clinical outcome. METHODS: Two multicenter cohorts (29 centers) were used. MRI-COMA cohort (NCT00577954) was split into MRI-COMA-Train (50 patients enrolled between 2006 and mid-2014) and MRI-COMA-Test (140 patients followed up in clinical routine from 2014) sub-cohorts. These latter patients were pooled with 56 ICU patients (enrolled from 2014 to 2020) from CENTER-TBI cohort (NCT02210221). Patients were dichotomised depending on their 1-year Glasgow outcome scale extended (GOSE) score: GOSE 1-3, unfavorable outcome (UFO); GOSE 4-8, favorable outcome (FO). A support vector classifier incorporating fractional anisotropy and mean diffusivity measured in deep white matter, and age at the time of injury was developed to predict whether the patients would be either UFO or FO. RESULTS: The model achieved an area under the ROC curve of 0.93 on MRI-COMA-Train training dataset, and 49% sensitivity for 96.8% specificity in predicting UFO and 58.5% sensitivity for 97.1% specificity in predicting FO on the pooled MRI-COMA-Test and CENTER-TBI validation datasets. CONCLUSION: The model successfully identified, with a specificity compatible with a personalized decision-making process in ICU, one in two patients who had an unfavorable outcome at 1 year after the injury, and two-thirds of the patients who experienced a favorable outcome.
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Lesões Encefálicas Traumáticas , Substância Branca , Benchmarking , Lesões Encefálicas Traumáticas/diagnóstico por imagem , Humanos , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Prognóstico , Substância Branca/diagnóstico por imagemRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) lesions are known to evolve over time, but the duration and consequences of cerebral remodelling are unclear. Degenerative mechanisms occurring in the chronic phase after TBI could constitute "tertiary" lesions related to the neurological outcome. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this prospective study of severe TBI was to longitudinally evaluate the volume of white and grey matter structures and white matter integrity with 2 time-point multimodal MRI. METHODS: Longitudinal MRI follow-up was obtained for 11 healthy controls (HCs) and 22 individuals with TBI (mean [SD] 60 [15] months after injury) along with neuropsychological assessments. TBI individuals were classified in the "favourable" recovery group (Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended [GOSE] 6-8) and "unfavourable" recovery group (GOSE 3-5) at 5 years. Variation in brain volumes (3D T1-weighted image) and white matter integrity (diffusion tensor imaging [DTI]) were quantitatively assessed over time and used to predict neurological outcome. RESULTS: TBI individuals showed a marked decrease in volumes of whole white matter (median -11.4% [interquartile range -5.8; -14.6]; p < 0.001) and deep grey nuclear structures (-17.1% [-10.6; -20.5]; p < 0.001). HCs did not show any significant change over the same time period. Median volumetric loss in several brain regions was higher with GOSE 3-5 than 6-8. These lesions were associated with lower fractional anisotropy and higher mean diffusivity at baseline. Volumetric variations were positively correlated with normalized fractional anisotropy and negatively with normalized mean diffusivity at baseline and follow-up. A computed predictive model with baseline DTI showed good accuracy to predict neurological outcome (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve 0.82 [95% confidence interval 0.81-0.83]) CONCLUSIONS: We characterised the striking atrophy of deep brain structures after severe TBI. DTI imaging in the subacute phase can predict the occurrence and localization of these tertiary lesions as well as long-term neurological outcome. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00577954. Registered on October 2006.
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Lesões Encefálicas Traumáticas , Imagem de Tensor de Difusão , Humanos , Encéfalo/patologia , Lesões Encefálicas Traumáticas/complicações , Lesões Encefálicas Traumáticas/diagnóstico por imagem , Lesões Encefálicas Traumáticas/patologia , Seguimentos , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Estudos Prospectivos , Estudos de Casos e ControlesRESUMO
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: The objective was to assess the relationships between neuropsychological impairments, functional outcome and life satisfaction in a longitudinal study of patients after a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) (PariS-TBI study). PATIENTS: Out of 243 survivors, 86 were evaluated 8 years post-injury. They did not significantly differ from patients lost-to-follow up except for the latter being more frequently students or unemployed before the injury. METHODS: Outcome measures included the Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended (GOS-E), a functional independence questionnaire, employment, mood, fatigue and satisfaction with life. Neuropsychological outcome was assessed by two ways: performance-based outcome measures, using neuropsychological tests and patient and relative-based measures. RESULTS: Neuropsychological measures were not significantly related to initial injury severity nor to gender, but were significantly related to age and education. After statistical correction for multiple comparisons, cognitive testing and cognitive questionnaires were significantly correlated with most outcome measures. By contrast, satisfaction with life was only related with patient-rated questionnaires. A regression analysis showed that the Trail-Making-Test-A was the best predictor of functional outcome, in addition to education duration. CONCLUSIONS: Cognitive measures, particularly slowed information processing speed, were significant indicators of functional outcome at a long-term post-injury, beyond and above demographics or injury severity measures.