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Cognitive processes affect the gait of subjects with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’...
Christofoletti,Gustavo; Felippe,Lílian Assunção; Müller,Paulo de Tarso; Beinotti,Fernanda; Borges,GuilhermeObjective To investigate the relation between gait parameters and cognitive impairments in subjects with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) during the performance of dual tasks. Methods This was a cross-sectional study involving 126 subjects divided into three groups: Parkinson group (n = 43), Alzheimer group (n = 38), and control group (n = 45). The subjects were evaluated using the Timed Up...
Mexican immigration to the U.S., the occurrence of violence and the impact of m...
Borges,Guilherme; Rafful,Claudia; Tancredi,Daniel J.; Saito,Naomi; Aguilar-Gaxiola,Sergio; Medina-Mora,Maria-Elena; Breslau,JoshuaObjective: To study immigration, U.S. nativity, and return migration as risk factors for violence among people of Mexican origin in the U.S. and Mexico. Methods: Cross-sectional surveys in the United States (2001-2003; n=1,213) and Mexico (2001-2002; n=2,362). Discrete time survival models were used. The reference group was Mexicans living in Mexico without migrant experience or a migrant relative. Results: Mex...
Correlations between motor and sensory functions in upper limb chronic hemipare...
Scalha,Thais Botossi; Miyasaki,Erica; Lima,Núbia Maria Freire Vieira; Borges,GuilhermeOBJECTIVE: Describe the somatosensory function of the affected upper limb of hemiparetic stroke patients and investigate the correlations between measurements of motor and sensory functions in tasks with and without visual deprivation. METHOD: We applied the Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA), Nottingham Sensory Assessment (NSA), and several motor and sensory tests: Paper manipulation (PM), Motor Sequences (MS), Reach...
Use of hippotherapy in gait training for hemiparetic post-stroke
Beinotti,Fernanda; Correia,Nilzete; Christofoletti,Gustavo; Borges,GuilhermeOBJECTIVE: To evaluate the hippotherapy influence on gait training in post-stroke hemiparetic individuals. METHOD: The study was constituted of 20 individuals divided into two groups. Group A performed the conventional treatment while group B the conventional treatment along with hippotherapy during 16 weeks. The patients were evaluated by using the Functional Ambulation Category Scale, Fugl-Meyer Scale, only t...
Aspectos físicos e mentais na qualidade de vida de pacientes com doença de Park...
Christofoletti,Gustavo; Formiga,Cibelle Kayenne Martins Roberto; Borges,Guilherme; Stella,Florindo; Damasceno,Benito PereiraA doença de Parkinson (DP) é um distúrbio crônico e progressivo, caracterizado pela degeneração de neurônios dopaminérgicos da substantia nigra mesencefálica. A lesão das vias subcorticais, em especial a nigro-estriato-palidal, é particularmente comum e ocasiona uma série de sinais e sintomas incapacitantes. O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar a qualidade de vida (QV) relacionada à saúde de sujeitos com DP e...
Long-term facial nerve clinical evaluation following vestibular schwannoma surgery
Veronezi,Rafaela Julia Batista; Fernandes,Yvens Barbosa; Borges,Guilherme; Ramina,RicardoBACKGROUND: Facial function is important in accompaniment of patients operated on vestibular schwannoma (VS). OBJETIVE: To evaluate long term facial nerve function in patients undergoing VS resection and to correlate tumor size and facial function in a long-term follow-up. METHOD: Transversal study of 20 patients with VS operated by the retrosigmoid approach. House-Brackmann Scale was used preoperatively, immed...
Spinal cord injury: epidemiologycal study of 386 cases with emphasis on those p...
Leal-Filho,Manoel Baldoino; Borges,Guilherme; Almeida,Bruno Ribeiro de; Aguiar,Aline de Almeida Xavier; Vieira,Marcelo Adriano da Cunha e SilvaWe studied 386 cases of spinal cord injury to analyze the follow up of the patients admitted most of the time more than four hours, the majority of the injuries happening far from the attending health service and first specialized care received long after the accident. This is a clinical study based on data collected during hospitalization of the patients, operated or not, in a Brazilian public health service. ...
DSM-IV personality disorders in Mexico: results from a general population survey
Benjet,Corina; Borges,Guilherme; Medina-Mora,Maria ElenaOBJECTIVE: This paper reports the first population estimates of prevalence and correlates of personality disorders in the Mexican population. METHOD: Personality disorders screening questions from the International Personality Disorder Examination were administered to a representative sample of the Mexican urban adult population (n = 2,362) as part of the Mexican National Comorbidity Survey, validated with clin...
Desigualdad socioeconómica y salud mental: revisión de la literatura latinoamer...
Ortiz-Hernández,Luis; López-Moreno,Sergio; Borges,GuilhermeEl objetivo fue analizar la producción científica realizada en América Latina que indaga el impacto de la condición socioeconómica sobre los trastornos mentales y el uso o dependencia a sustancias. Se revisaron bases de datos internacionales y regionales. En la mayoría de los estudios se ha observado que en adultos y adolescentes pertenecer a estratos socioeconómicos bajos se asocia con mayor riesgo de trastorn...
Acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma): surgical results on 240 patients oper...
Cardoso,Arquimedes Cavalcante; Fernandes,Yvens B.; Ramina,Ricardo; Borges,GuilhermeOBJECTIVE: To evaluate the result of the surgical treatment of vestibular schwannoma (VS) operated in dorsal decubitus (mastoid position). METHOD: 240 patients with a VS underwent a retrosigmoid craniotomy for tumor resection in dorsal decubitus (mastoid position). The function of 7th and 8th cranial nerves was monitored during surgery and the opened internal auditory canal (IAC) was reconstructed using a vascu...