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Filter by:Functional movement disorders (FMD) involve unusual movements or walking difficulties that are not caused by a specific brain or nerve injury. Passive thoughts are those that occur spontaneously, and often repetitively. They are different from active thoughts, which are purposeful and intentional, such as those required for tasks like making a cup of coffee or catching a bus. This concept can be paralleled with body movements. Active movements are voluntary and purposeful, while involuntary movements can be seen as passive, arising spontaneously and not under voluntary control. The study aims to explore whether individuals with functional movement disorders experience a higher frequency of passive thoughts compared to normal healthy individuals. A structured questionnaire focused on passive thoughts will be administered to patients with functional movement disorders and to healthy controls.
Evaluation of the clinical effects of the Heart Rate Variability biofeedback training with patients suffering from Functional neurological Disorders compared with placebo.
This study investigates the effect of virtual reality (VR) motor tasks on functional movement disorders.
The purpose of this study is to help providers develop an interdisciplinary treatment pathway for functional neurological disorder (FND) at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and will involve psychiatry, speech therapy, physical therapy, and occupational therapy. The study will also help providers to evaluate the treatment pathway and publish results regarding the process and outcomes.
Aim: to compare the effects of single-task (ST) and dual-task (DT) training on physical and cognitive function in institutionalized older adults in 1 month. Methods: Participants were assigned randomly into two groups, ST (multicomponent physical exercise) and DT training (multicomponent physical exercise + cognitive tasks). Both groups performed the exercise three times per week for 1 month. Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), handgrip strength, Barthel Index and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) were used to assess physical and cognitive performance, respectively. Variables were measured at the beginning (V1),at the end of the exercise (V2), as well as one month later (V3). Paired Student's t-test and lineal logistic regressions models were used to explore the effect of the exercise interventions.
This research is being done to determine the effectiveness of a new treatment, called JOGO, for patients with functional tremor (FT). JOGO is a biofeedback device that has been shown to help patients with several conditions, e.g., chronic pain, migraine, and Parkinson's disease (PD)-related tremor. JOGO provides biofeedback by using wireless adhesive stickers, called surface electromyography, to get information about muscle activity. This information is then used to modify symptoms through a series of training sessions with a physical therapist and individual practice.
The investigators will study the prevalence of dissociative identity disorder (DID) in three populations at risk in cases of childhood psychotrauma : patients with a diagnosis of borderline personality, patients with a diagnosis of functional dissociative crises (FDC) and patients with early psychosis. The investigators will also study the prevalence of other dissociative disorders and the frequency of complex post-traumatic stress disorder. The investigators will also look for correlations between the type of maltreatment in childhood, the age of onset of trauma and the type of diagnosis of dissociative disorders. The investigators hope to include 150 borderline patients, 150 FDC patients and 50 early psychosis patients. Data collection will be done via a psychometric administration of 7 self-completion questionnaires as well as the completion of the SCID-D semi-structured interview.
Our study was planned to analyze motor function, endurance and sleep attention information in Parkinson's patients with detailed and objective measurements.
Functional motor disorders (FMDs) are a broad spectrum of functional neurological disorders, including abnormal gait/balance disorders. Patients experience high degrees of disability and distress, equivalent to those suffering from degenerative neurological diseases. Rehabilitation is essential in their management. However, the current systems of rehabilitation delivery face two main challenges. Patients are not receiving the amount and kind of evidence-based rehabilitation they need due to the lack of rehabilitation professionals and experts in the field. The rehabilitation setting is not adequate for the long-term management and monitoring of these patients. Digital medicine is a new field that means "using digital tools to upgrade the practice of medicine to one that is high-definition and far more individualized." It can upgrade rehabilitation practice, addressing the existing critical components towards marked efficiency and productivity. Digital telerehabilitation will increase the accessibility to personalized rehabilitation by expert professionals placing tools to monitor the patient's health by themselves. The increasing development and availability of portable and wearable technologies are rapidly expanding the field of technology-based objective measures (TOMs) in neurological disorders. However, substantial challenges remain in (1) recognizing TOMs relevant to patients and clinicians to provide accurate, objective, and real-time assessment of gait and activity in a real-world setting and (2) their integration into telerehabilitation systems towards a digital rehabilitation transition. This feasibility study provides preliminary data on the integration of a real-time gait and activity analysis by wearable devices in the real world with a digital platform to improve the diagnosis, monitoring, and rehabilitation of patients with FMDs.
The purpose of this clinical trial is to learn about the Tremor Retrainer smartphone application and Simplified Functional Movement Disorder Rating Scale in patients with functional tremor. The main questions the study aims to answer are: 1. Is the Tremor Retrainer application usable for patients and are there signs that it can help functional tremor? 2. Can a televideo administration of the Simplified Functional Movement Disorder Rating Scale give enough information to use this scale via televideo in future studies?