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Filter by:The aim of the research study is to find out how the results of healthy women aged 20-24 years (inclusive) differ in the Nine Peg Test, the Purdue Pegboard Test and the Box and Block Test, depending on the laterality of the research participants and the order of the performed subtests of the investigated tests. In this way, it will be preliminarily determined whether it is necessary to create normative data separately for right-handed and left-handed people for the tests.
The current study aims to reveal the SC-FC coupling pattern and its relationship with motor function in post-stroke survivors with motor dysfunction by multimodal MRI.
To date, the effects of pain on motor learning have not been thoroughly investigated. When examining potential effects on retention of motor learning, it is important to dissociate any effects of pain from effects of a context change. The purpose of this research is to determine whether any altered retention of motor learning associated with acute pain is a true affect of pain or an affect of context (or both).
Anal fistula is an abnormal tract communicating an external opening in the perianal skin with an internal opening in the anal canal. Anal fistula is treated by fistulotomy . sphincter sparing procedures are usually done under general anesthesia omitting neuromuscular blocking agents in order to preserve sphincter tone intraoperatively. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of caudal block analgesia versus perianal block analgesia combined with general anesthesia on the postoperative analgesic profile and the tone of external anal sphincter in sphincter sparing surgery.
The main aim of the project is to establish Czech updated manuals for the Nine Hole Peg Test, Purdue Pegboard Test and Box and Block Test to be used in rehabilitation to evaluate upper limb functions, including establishing norms for the Czech healthy population.
This research study is to find out if brain stimulation at different dosage level combined with an efficacy-proven rehabilitation therapy can improve arm function. The stimulation technique is called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). The treatment uses direct currents to stimulate specific parts of the brain affected by stroke. The adjunctive rehabilitation therapy is called "modified Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy" (mCIMT). During this therapy the subject will wear a mitt on the hand of the arm that was not affected by a stroke and force to use the weak arm. The study will test 3 different doses of brain stimulation in combination with mCIMT to find out the most promising one.
The main objective of this research is to evaluate and quantify successes and errors, as well as execution time, in a sequence of manual motor gestures of increasing complexity through mental practice training (observation of actions and motor imagery).
Specific patterns of PNF have been used in neurological and rheumatologic rehabilitation to improve trunk control and postural stability. However, there are no studies that analyze the effect of pelvic PNF patterns on pelvic floor muscles. We hypothesize that pelvic patterns of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation activate the pelvic floor muscles in healthy individuals through the abdomino-pelvic synergism. Thus, the objective of the study is to analyze the effects of pelvic patterns PNF on the recruitment of pelvic floor muscles in healthy individuals.
The ability to recognize of being the actors of the behaviour and its consequences, the so-called "Sense of Agency" (SoA), is a crucial component of self-awareness. One key aspect is the distinction from a mere inference about the causality between an act and its consequences and the sense of being the agent of it. Despite a large number of behavioural studies, there is unsatisfactory evidence on the functional anatomical underpinnings of the SoA and the distinction between causality and the SoA proper. Here, the investigators use an implicit measurement of the SoA and its modulations during fMRI: the intentional binding phenomenon (IB). The ivestigators also study how the SoA and the ensuing neurophysiological correlates are modulated by the presence of a movement disorders, such as Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome.
Introduction: The metabolism of fatty acids in plasma is modulated by their availability in plasma. Individuals with increased weight have increased plasma fatty acids and physical exercise seems to favor the metabolic responses of fatty acid mobilization. Objective: To test the hypothesis that the physical exercise of acute way changes the fatty acids of medium chain of the serum of individuals with increase of the corporal weight. Method: Including 66 women, randomly divided into two groups, control and experiment, overweight, sedentary, and between 18 and 30 years of age. After a 12-hour fast, basal blood collection will be performed. The experiment group, 12 hours after the first collection, will be submitted to a physical exercise session with energy expenditure of 250Kcal. The volunteers in the control and experiment group will make a second blood collection 24 hours after the first one. The fatty acids will be dosed: pelargonic, azelaic, elaidic and oleic by gas chromatography. Intra and intergroup comparisons will be made using the t test for independent and dependent samples, p <0.05.