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Publication date: Available online 10 September 2018
Source: Revista de Logopedia, Foniatría y Audiología
Author(s): Andrea Belén Sánchez Sánchez, Elena María Planells del Pozo
La esclerosis lateral amiotrófica es una enfermedad neurodegenerativa rara y de rápido progreso que causa un deterioro en las motoneuronas de la corteza cerebral, tronco encefálico (bulbo) y la médula espinal. Entre las alteraciones más comunes se encuentra la disartria y otros problemas logopédicos que requieren de una intervención de la que actualmente no existen protocolos.
El objetivo de este estudio es crear un protocolo de evaluación de disartria en pacientes con esclerosis lateral amiotrófica en español, que evalúe la respiración, fonación, articulación, resonancia en estos pacientes, para obtener con exactitud los aspectos afectados de cada paciente y elaborar un tratamiento que se adapte al paciente.
El estudio se realiza con 3 pacientes de esclerosis lateral amiotrófica bulbar con un estado leve-moderado de la enfermedad. Para la evaluación se utilizaron un protocolo breve de evaluación de la disartria y el protocolo de evaluación de la disartria elaborado para este trabajo.
Tras la evaluación final se comprobó una mejoría en todos los apartados evaluados tras la intervención. Con el protocolo mejorado, se obtuvieron mejores resultados en los distintos apartados.
Los resultados obtenidos han sido óptimos debido a la utilización del protocolo adaptado a las necesidades y a la aplicación de tratamientos específicos que producen una evolución positiva de la enfermedad.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a rare, rapidly progressing neurodegenerative disease that causes deterioration in the motor neurons of the cerebral cortex, brainstem, and spinal cord. Among the most common disorders are dysarthria and other logopaedic problems that require intervention for which there are currently no protocols.
The objective of this study is to create a protocol for the evaluation of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Spanish, which evaluates respiration, phonation, articulation, and resonance in these patients, in order to accurately obtain the symptoms of each patient and a develop a treatment adapted to the patient.
The study was carried out with 3 patients with bulbar amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with a mild-moderate state of the disease. For evaluation, a short protocol to assess dysarthria and the protocol for evaluating dysarthria prepared for this study were used.
After the final evaluation, an improvement was observed in all the sections evaluated after the intervention. With the improved protocol, better results were obtained in the different sections.
The results were optimal due to the use of the protocol adapted to needs and the application of specific treatments that have a positive effect on the outcome of the disease.
Publication date: Available online 10 September 2018
Source: Revista de Logopedia, Foniatría y Audiología
Author(s): Andrea Belén Sánchez Sánchez, Elena María Planells del Pozo
La esclerosis lateral amiotrófica es una enfermedad neurodegenerativa rara y de rápido progreso que causa un deterioro en las motoneuronas de la corteza cerebral, tronco encefálico (bulbo) y la médula espinal. Entre las alteraciones más comunes se encuentra la disartria y otros problemas logopédicos que requieren de una intervención de la que actualmente no existen protocolos.
El objetivo de este estudio es crear un protocolo de evaluación de disartria en pacientes con esclerosis lateral amiotrófica en español, que evalúe la respiración, fonación, articulación, resonancia en estos pacientes, para obtener con exactitud los aspectos afectados de cada paciente y elaborar un tratamiento que se adapte al paciente.
El estudio se realiza con 3 pacientes de esclerosis lateral amiotrófica bulbar con un estado leve-moderado de la enfermedad. Para la evaluación se utilizaron un protocolo breve de evaluación de la disartria y el protocolo de evaluación de la disartria elaborado para este trabajo.
Tras la evaluación final se comprobó una mejoría en todos los apartados evaluados tras la intervención. Con el protocolo mejorado, se obtuvieron mejores resultados en los distintos apartados.
Los resultados obtenidos han sido óptimos debido a la utilización del protocolo adaptado a las necesidades y a la aplicación de tratamientos específicos que producen una evolución positiva de la enfermedad.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a rare, rapidly progressing neurodegenerative disease that causes deterioration in the motor neurons of the cerebral cortex, brainstem, and spinal cord. Among the most common disorders are dysarthria and other logopaedic problems that require intervention for which there are currently no protocols.
The objective of this study is to create a protocol for the evaluation of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Spanish, which evaluates respiration, phonation, articulation, and resonance in these patients, in order to accurately obtain the symptoms of each patient and a develop a treatment adapted to the patient.
The study was carried out with 3 patients with bulbar amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with a mild-moderate state of the disease. For evaluation, a short protocol to assess dysarthria and the protocol for evaluating dysarthria prepared for this study were used.
After the final evaluation, an improvement was observed in all the sections evaluated after the intervention. With the improved protocol, better results were obtained in the different sections.
The results were optimal due to the use of the protocol adapted to needs and the application of specific treatments that have a positive effect on the outcome of the disease.
Publication date: Available online 11 September 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): Mark Walsh, Eric Slattery, Arden McMath, Ronald Cox, Joshua Haworth
Balance and postural control are integral to training and sport performance. Demands on posture are contextual and vary in different ways depending on the specific physical activity.
The purpose of this study was to examine the possibility that sustained exposure to environmental constraints, through specific sport participation, might lead to a persistent modification of postural control.
Double and single-leg postural sway were compared between ice hockey players, American football players and physically active college students. Data from 30 second trials were analyzed using traditional postural sway measures of range and pathlength of the center of pressure, as well as with Sample Entropy (SEn), in both mediolateral (ML) and anteroposterior (AP) directions.
Each group displayed unique postural sway characteristics. During single-leg stance, ice hockey players show significantly different ML pathlength and ML and AP SEn from the physically active college students (all p < 0.05), and significantly different ML and AP pathlength and AP SEn from the American football players (all p < 0.05). The American football players and the physically active college students differed for all single-legged conditions (all p < 0.05).
This suggests that the organization and development of postural sway is not only context dependent but also influenced by training history; supporting the idea that balance training for sport should be designed with regards to sport specific conditions.
Publication date: Available online 10 September 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): Nathalie Alexander, Regina Wegener, Vilijam Zdravkovic, David North, Tom Gawliczek, Bernhard Jost
Knowing the reliability of three-dimensional motion analysis to evaluate scapular kinematics during upper limb movements is essential to plan further research dedicated to understanding scapulothoracic joint movements relative to the global shoulder motion.
The aim of this study was to assess the intra-subject as well as intra- and interrater reliability of scapulothoracic joint angles during shoulder elevation in scapular plane and shoulder flexion.
Twenty healthy participants (26.6 ± 3.5 years) were asked to perform maximum shoulder elevation in scapular plane as well as shoulder flexion. Reliability was assessed using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and its 95% confidence interval of scapular kinematics (rotation, tilting, pro-retraction) at each degree of global motion (shoulder elevation or shoulder flexion) between 0° to 150°.
ICCs above 0.60 were accepted as good indicators for reliability. Intra-subject reliability was found to be very high (> 0.9 for most part) for all scapulothoracic joint angles during both movements. Intra- and interrater reliability also showed good reliability being above 0.60 for the most part (except scapula tilting during shoulder elevation). Scapular kinematics showed low reliability during the respective first 10° and 20° of shoulder elevation and shoulder flexion. Furthermore, decreasing reliability was found above 120° of shoulder elevation or flexion.
This study generally showed good to high levels of reliability in the range of interest (20-120°) in evaluating scapula kinematics in healthy adults during shoulder elevation and flexion; these results are important for future research providing a better understanding of scapular kinematics.
Publication date: Available online 10 September 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): Arisa Parameyong, Sirinun Boripuntakul, Teerawat Kamnardsiri, Jitapa Chawawisuttikool
The Swaymeter is a simple device for measuring postural sway. It consists of a 40-cm-long rod with a vertically mounted pen at the end of the rod that measures the displacement of the body at waist level.
This device could be an effective tool for measuring postural sway in children. However, the validity and reliability of the Swaymeter in children has not been evaluated. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Swaymeter in typically developing children aged 7-12 years.
The Swaymeter procedure was randomly measured in quiet bipedal stance under 4 conditions: eyes open and eyes closed on the floor, eyes open and eyes closed on foam, 30 seconds were performed in each condition. There were 15 children participated in the validity study. The postural sway was measured concurrently with the motion capture system with two reflective markers on the top of the pen and 12th thoracic vertebra level in three trials with four testing conditions. Additionally, 36 children participated in test-retest reliability. Three measurements were performed on the same day and one week later.
Swaymeter had a moderate to good correlation with motion capture system(r=0.637-0.979). The test-retest reliability of the Swaymeter showed moderate to good reliability for immediate test-retest (ICC=0.51-0.87). However, inter-session reliability revealed moderate to good reliability except for the AP variable that showed low reliability. Good to excellent reliability was found in sway area variable (ICCs between 0.74-0.92) for all measurements.
Postural sway measure by Swaymeter was valid and reliable in typically developing children aged 7 to 12 years and suitable for applying to assess postural sway in typically developing children.
Publication date: Available online 10 September 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): Scott W. Ducharme, Colleen J. Sands, Christopher C. Moore, Elroy J. Aguiar, Joseph Hamill, Catrine Tudor-Locke
Publication date: Available online 11 September 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): Mark Walsh, Eric Slattery, Arden McMath, Ronald Cox, Joshua Haworth
Balance and postural control are integral to training and sport performance. Demands on posture are contextual and vary in different ways depending on the specific physical activity.
The purpose of this study was to examine the possibility that sustained exposure to environmental constraints, through specific sport participation, might lead to a persistent modification of postural control.
Double and single-leg postural sway were compared between ice hockey players, American football players and physically active college students. Data from 30 second trials were analyzed using traditional postural sway measures of range and pathlength of the center of pressure, as well as with Sample Entropy (SEn), in both mediolateral (ML) and anteroposterior (AP) directions.
Each group displayed unique postural sway characteristics. During single-leg stance, ice hockey players show significantly different ML pathlength and ML and AP SEn from the physically active college students (all p < 0.05), and significantly different ML and AP pathlength and AP SEn from the American football players (all p < 0.05). The American football players and the physically active college students differed for all single-legged conditions (all p < 0.05).
This suggests that the organization and development of postural sway is not only context dependent but also influenced by training history; supporting the idea that balance training for sport should be designed with regards to sport specific conditions.
Publication date: Available online 10 September 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): Nathalie Alexander, Regina Wegener, Vilijam Zdravkovic, David North, Tom Gawliczek, Bernhard Jost
Knowing the reliability of three-dimensional motion analysis to evaluate scapular kinematics during upper limb movements is essential to plan further research dedicated to understanding scapulothoracic joint movements relative to the global shoulder motion.
The aim of this study was to assess the intra-subject as well as intra- and interrater reliability of scapulothoracic joint angles during shoulder elevation in scapular plane and shoulder flexion.
Twenty healthy participants (26.6 ± 3.5 years) were asked to perform maximum shoulder elevation in scapular plane as well as shoulder flexion. Reliability was assessed using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and its 95% confidence interval of scapular kinematics (rotation, tilting, pro-retraction) at each degree of global motion (shoulder elevation or shoulder flexion) between 0° to 150°.
ICCs above 0.60 were accepted as good indicators for reliability. Intra-subject reliability was found to be very high (> 0.9 for most part) for all scapulothoracic joint angles during both movements. Intra- and interrater reliability also showed good reliability being above 0.60 for the most part (except scapula tilting during shoulder elevation). Scapular kinematics showed low reliability during the respective first 10° and 20° of shoulder elevation and shoulder flexion. Furthermore, decreasing reliability was found above 120° of shoulder elevation or flexion.
This study generally showed good to high levels of reliability in the range of interest (20-120°) in evaluating scapula kinematics in healthy adults during shoulder elevation and flexion; these results are important for future research providing a better understanding of scapular kinematics.
Publication date: Available online 10 September 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): Arisa Parameyong, Sirinun Boripuntakul, Teerawat Kamnardsiri, Jitapa Chawawisuttikool
The Swaymeter is a simple device for measuring postural sway. It consists of a 40-cm-long rod with a vertically mounted pen at the end of the rod that measures the displacement of the body at waist level.
This device could be an effective tool for measuring postural sway in children. However, the validity and reliability of the Swaymeter in children has not been evaluated. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Swaymeter in typically developing children aged 7-12 years.
The Swaymeter procedure was randomly measured in quiet bipedal stance under 4 conditions: eyes open and eyes closed on the floor, eyes open and eyes closed on foam, 30 seconds were performed in each condition. There were 15 children participated in the validity study. The postural sway was measured concurrently with the motion capture system with two reflective markers on the top of the pen and 12th thoracic vertebra level in three trials with four testing conditions. Additionally, 36 children participated in test-retest reliability. Three measurements were performed on the same day and one week later.
Swaymeter had a moderate to good correlation with motion capture system(r=0.637-0.979). The test-retest reliability of the Swaymeter showed moderate to good reliability for immediate test-retest (ICC=0.51-0.87). However, inter-session reliability revealed moderate to good reliability except for the AP variable that showed low reliability. Good to excellent reliability was found in sway area variable (ICCs between 0.74-0.92) for all measurements.
Postural sway measure by Swaymeter was valid and reliable in typically developing children aged 7 to 12 years and suitable for applying to assess postural sway in typically developing children.
Publication date: Available online 10 September 2018
Source: Gait & Posture
Author(s): Scott W. Ducharme, Colleen J. Sands, Christopher C. Moore, Elroy J. Aguiar, Joseph Hamill, Catrine Tudor-Locke