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Relação entre função motora e cognitiva na paralisia cerebral hemiplégica

Fisioter. Bras; 22 (1), 2021
Introdução: Crianças com paralisia cerebral hemiplégica (PCH) exibem dificuldades funcionais na utilização do membro superior hemiparético, repercutindo negativamente no desempenho em realizar atividades de vida diária. Atualmente, os déficits motores nessa população são acompanhados por dist...

SHELL Part of Nucleus Accumbens and Its Laterality Has Important Role in Response to Chronic Stress in Female Rats

Abstract The nucleus accumbens shell (NAcSh) plays a role in appetitive and negative motivation with sex differences in responses. NAcSh and its laterality in metabolic and hormonal responses to chronic stress in female rats is evaluated via transient inactivation of this nucleus during stress induction....

Association of maximal voluntary isometric handgrip strength with age, gender and handedness in older people

Rev. méd. Chile; 146 (12), 2018
ABSTRACT Background: Maximal voluntary isometric handgrip strength (MVIHS) is influenced by age, sex, and handedness. Aim: To assess the association of MVIHS with age, sex, and handedness in older adults. Material and Methods: MVIHS was measured using a digital dynamometer in 60 men and 60 women aged ...

Ongoing maturation in the time-compressed speech test

Clinics; 73 (), 2018
OBJECTIVES: To verify the neuromaturational influence in the ability of auditory closure, that is, to verify the performance of children and young adults in the ability of auditory closure, through the time compressed speech test (TCS). METHODS: Thirty children (8 to 10 years old) and 30 young adults (1...

Alterations in the stomatognathic system due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

J. appl. oral sci; 26 (), 2018
Abstract Objectives: To compare the molar bite force, electromyographic activity, chewing efficiency and thickness of the masseter and temporalis muscles in individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and healthy individuals. Material and Methods: Thirty individuals enrolled in the study were ...

Cross-cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese of the Waterloo Footedness Questionnaire-Revised: WFQ-R-Brazil

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 75 (10), 2017
ABSTRACT Post-stroke hemiparesis causes compensated postures, which can modify the footedness established before the impairment. Recently, a paresis severity-modulated dominance hypothesis stated that measures to detect footedness become crucial to float new ideas for neurorehabilitation strategies. The ...

Comparison between manual aiming control and sex in different task constraints

Motriz (Online); 23 (3), 2017
AIMS: This study aimed to investigate the comparison between sex and manual aiming control in different cognitive and motor constraints of the task. METHODS: Eighty-four right-handed participants (42 women) performed 110 trials of a manual aiming task with a non-inking pen on a digitizing tablet. The ai...

Efeito de supressão das emissões otoacústicas em lactentes termo e pré-termo

CoDAS; 28 (4), 2016
RESUMO Objetivo Verificar a ocorrência e a magnitude do efeito de supressão das emissões otoacústicas evocadas por estímulo transiente, em lactentes a termo e pré-termo, estabelecendo-se níveis de referência para utilização clínica. Método A amostra foi composta por 40 lactentes, de 5 dias ...

Patología temporomandibular asociada a masticación unilateral en adultos jóvenes

Objetivo El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar la relación entre el lado de masticación habitual y la presencia de trastornos temporomandibulares (TTM) en adultos jóvenes. Materiales y métodos Estudio analítico de casos y controles, ciego simple, en estudiantes adultos jóvenes de la Facultad d...

Clinical electroencephalogram (EEG) evaluation is improved by the amplitude asymmetry index

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (7), 2016
ABSTRACT Cerebral hemispheres, although similar, are neither completely symmetrical in structure nor equivalent in function. EEG asymmetry studies have been directed more to frequency than to amplitude analysis. Objective Better definition of normal amplitude asymmetry values on the classical EEG frequ...