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Intra- and inter-rater reliability of the Italian Fugl-Meyer assessment of upper and lower extremity
CONCLUSIONS: The Italian version of the FMA showed to be a reliable instrument that can therefore be recommended for clinical and research purposes.Implications for rehabilitationThe FMA is the gold standard for assessing stroke patients' sensorimotor impairment worldwide.The Italian Fugl-Meyer Assessment of Upper Extremity (FMA-UE) and Lower Extremity (FMA-LE) is substantially reliable within and between two raters at the item, subtotal, and total score level in patients with sub-acute stroke.The use of FMA in the Italian context will provide an opportunity for international comparisons and research collaborations.PMID:36...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - August 29, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Ines Hochleitner Leonardo Pellicciari Chiara Castagnoli Anita Paperini Angela Maria Politi Silvia Campagnini Silvia Pancani Benedetta Basagni Filippo Gerli Maria Chiara Carrozza Claudio Macchi Margit Alt Murphy Francesca Cecchi Source Type: research

Did the role of the neurologist in the emergency department change during the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from an Italian nationwide survey
CONCLUSION: This study showed the significant role played by neurologists in emergency activities, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, and highlighted the differences in patients admitted between the year of the epidemic and the year previous.PMID:34981283 | PMC:PMC8723809 | DOI:10.1007/s10072-021-05779-x
Source: Pain Physician - January 4, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Giuseppe Micieli Anna Cavallini Pietro Cortelli Federico Rea Italian NEUday group Source Type: research

Redefining a minimal assessment protocol for stroke rehabilitation: the new "Protocollo di Minima per l'ICtus" - PMIC2020
CONCLUSIONS: The PMIC2020 provides an updated tool for the multidimensional rehabilitation assessment of the stroke patient, at any stage of the rehabilitation pathway; it aims to provide a shared minimum set of variables defining patient's needs and outcomes across different rehabilitation facilities and settings.CLINICAL REHABILITATION IMPACT: The PMIC2020 identifies patient's needs, outcomes, and predictors of response to specific interventions in Stroke rehabilitation and provide ground for a highly needed Stroke Registry.PMID:34042407 | DOI:10.23736/S1973-9087.21.06638-7
Source: European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - May 27, 2021 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Francesca Cecchi Anna Cassio Susanna Lavezzi Federico Scarponi Giordano Gatta Andrea Montis Chiara Bernucci Marco Franceschini Stefano Bargellesi Stefano Paolucci Mariangela Taricco Source Type: research

COVID 19 – Conspiracy or Apocalypse? – Part II
By Daud Khan and Leila Yasmine KhanAMSTERDAM/ROME, Jun 8 2020 (IPS) As the COVID-19 virus spread rapidly around the globe, so did various theories about what caused the pandemic. According to the standard scientific theory, the virus originated in bats; crossed over to humans, probably via another intermediate host; and then spread rapidly across the globe. While the mainstream scientific theory sufficed for some, a large number of people saw the pandemic as the work of cold-hearted military or industrial strategists. An equally large number of people saw it as some kind of divine or natural retribution for an increasingly...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 8, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Daud Khan and Leila Yasmine Khan Tags: Global Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations Coronavirus Source Type: news

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