Sabrina Taddei

SARS-CoV-2 and Dysphagia: A Retrospective Analysis of COVID-19 Patients with Swallowing Disorders

Christopher Molino, Laura Bergantini, Silvia C. Santucci, Maria Luigia Tomai Pitinca et autres

BACKGROUND: COVID-19 can lead to impairment of neural networks involved in swallowing, since the act of swallowing is coordinated and performed by a diffuse brain network involving peripheral nerves and muscles. Dysphagia has been identified as a risk and predictive factor for …

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Speech perception improvement through rTMS in hearing loss

Francesco Neri, Chiara Cappello, Maria Luigia Tomai Pitinca, Sabrina Taddei et autres

Abstract Introduction: in normal daily life noisy environments, sounds and speech comprehension require a good functioning of the auditory system. Deafness is the permanent partial/total inability to perceive sounds and it is usually accompanied by whole ears-brain pathways modification. Hearing-aids (HA) and …

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rTMS-induced language improvement and brain connectivity changes in logopenic/phonological variant of Primary progressive Aphasia

Francesco Neri, Sara M. Romanella, Maria Luigia Tomai Pitinca, Sabrina Taddei et autres

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Compensating Hand Function in Chronic Stroke Patients Through the Robotic Sixth Finger

Gionata Salvietti, Irfan Hussain, David Cioncoloni, Sabrina Taddei et autres

A novel solution to compensate hand grasping abilities is proposed for chronic stroke patients. The goal is to provide the patients with a wearable robotic extra-finger that can be worn on the paretic forearm by means of an elastic band. The proposed …

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Meaningful improvement in walking performance after Botulinum Neurotoxin A (BoNT-A) in chronic spastic patients

David Cioncoloni, Sabrina Taddei, Silvia Bielli, Pasquale Annunziata et autres

BACKGROUND: Botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT-A) may reduce lower limb spasticity but its role in improving walking ability remains to be established. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of simultaneous BoNT-A injections into several targeted spastic muscles of different joints on gait speed and …

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Predictors of long-term recovery in complex activities of daily living before discharge from the stroke unit

David Cioncoloni, Giuseppe Martini, Pietro Piu, Sabrina Taddei et autres

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: There is a need for individuating those post-stroke patients who may benefit from an optimal and customised rehabilitation plan aiming at early reintegration in community life participation. This study investigated whether the gain of independence in complex Activities of …

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Relationship between the modified Rankin Scale and the Barthel Index in the process of functional recovery after stroke

David Cioncoloni, Pietro Piu, Rossana Tassi, Maurizio Acampa et autres

OBJECTIVE: The modified Rankin Scale (mRS) and the Barthel Index (BI) are the most common clinimetrical instruments for measuring disability after stroke. This study investigated the relationship between the BI and the mRS at multiple time points after stroke. The BI, which …

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Per l'Oratio aliud Siculum aliud Neapolitanum esse Regnum

Sabrina Taddei