Mahmoud A Hassan, Emam H Elnegmy, Amira M El-Tohamy, Amira M Abd-Elmonem
{"title":"Strength and dexterity of less affected hand of children with unilateral cerebral palsy: a comparison study with normal peers.","authors":"Mahmoud A Hassan, Emam H Elnegmy, Amira M El-Tohamy, Amira M Abd-Elmonem","doi":"10.1007/s13760-024-02683-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-024-02683-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/aim: </strong>A key aspect of hand function is dexterity, which is described as fine voluntary movements used to manipulate small objects during a specific task. The contralateral hand in children with unilateral cerebral palsy (U-CP); is commonly referred to as a \"good\" and \"unimpaired\" hand, while others have noted that it has subtle limitations. Therefore, this study aimed to assess and compare between the strength and dexterity of less-affected hand of children with U-CP and the dominant hand of normal peers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A sample of 120 volunteer children from both sexes and age ranged from 6 to 10 years participated in this study. Out of the 120 children, sixty were normal typically developing (TD) and sixty children with U-CP. Assessment of fine motor dexterity and grip and pinch strength were carried out by the Functional dexterity test (FDT) and Pneumatic squeeze Blub Dynamometer respectively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results showed that there was a significant lower in pinch and grip strength (p < 0.01) and significant higher FDT scores of children with U-CP compared with that of TD children (p = 0.001). Moreover, there was a significant higher functional levels in TD children compared with that of children with U-CP (p < 0.001) with no significant difference between groups in penalty distribution (p > 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Children with U-CP underperformed with their less-affected hand than the dominant hand of TD age matched peers. Future researches on bilateral hand function may be used to determine the best rehabilitation interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":7042,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica Belgica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142611892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter to the editor regarding \"Postoperative elevated bed header position versus supine in the management of chronic subdural hematoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis\" by Ibrahim Serag et al.","authors":"Rodrigo Batata, Vasco Sá Pinto, Sérgio Sousa, Eduardo Cunha, Alfredo Calheiros","doi":"10.1007/s13760-024-02687-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13760-024-02687-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7042,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica Belgica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142611889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ocular myasthenia gravis and thyroid eye disease: double trouble.","authors":"Vasiliki Zouvelou, Georgios Boutzios, Chrysoula Michaletou, Nikolaos-Achilleas Arkoudis, Georgios Velonakis","doi":"10.1007/s13760-024-02684-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-024-02684-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 60-year-old male patient with a previously unremarkable medical history presented with unilateral eyelid ptosis and binocular diplopia in the past year. Clinical and laboratory workup confirmed the diagnosis of ocular myasthenia gravis. In addition, further workup with orbital MRI performed due to exophthalmos and unilateral ophthalmoplegia demonstrated findings compatible with thyroid eye disease, which were further verified by antibody testing. The unusual concurrent appearance of ocular myasthenia gravis and thyroid eye disease is presented while illustrating the hallmark clinical, laboratory, and imaging findings relevant to both diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":7042,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica Belgica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142611890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta neurologica BelgicaPub Date : 2024-04-01Epub Date: 2023-08-29DOI: 10.1007/s13760-023-02374-z
Lanfroi Graziani, Marco Bolchini, Paola Zavarise, Giorgio Dalla Volta
{"title":"Simultaneous bilateral intracranial-tract internal carotid artery stenting (CAS), a case report.","authors":"Lanfroi Graziani, Marco Bolchini, Paola Zavarise, Giorgio Dalla Volta","doi":"10.1007/s13760-023-02374-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13760-023-02374-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7042,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica Belgica","volume":" ","pages":"743-746"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10112469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta neurologica BelgicaPub Date : 2024-04-01Epub Date: 2023-09-06DOI: 10.1007/s13760-023-02371-2
Bon D Ku, Hyun Young Shin
{"title":"A case of septo-optic dysplasia-plus presenting as episodic memory loss.","authors":"Bon D Ku, Hyun Young Shin","doi":"10.1007/s13760-023-02371-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13760-023-02371-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7042,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica Belgica","volume":" ","pages":"723-725"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10154031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta neurologica BelgicaPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2023-07-25DOI: 10.1007/s13760-023-02275-1
Risheng Xu, Anita L Kalluri, Argye Hillis, Robert D Brown, L Fernando Gonzalez
{"title":"Natural history of extracranial carotid vasospasm: a case followed up after 6 years.","authors":"Risheng Xu, Anita L Kalluri, Argye Hillis, Robert D Brown, L Fernando Gonzalez","doi":"10.1007/s13760-023-02275-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13760-023-02275-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7042,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica Belgica","volume":" ","pages":"359-361"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9866679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta neurologica BelgicaPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2023-07-25DOI: 10.1007/s13760-023-02339-2
Mathias Fousse, Matthias Heit, Klaus Fassbender, Dominic Kaddu-Mulindwa
{"title":"PLWH treated with modern ART and high CD4 T cell counts: no evidence of HIV-associated vasculopathy measured by extra- and intracranial ultrasound.","authors":"Mathias Fousse, Matthias Heit, Klaus Fassbender, Dominic Kaddu-Mulindwa","doi":"10.1007/s13760-023-02339-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13760-023-02339-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7042,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica Belgica","volume":" ","pages":"363-365"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10874338/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9866676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta neurologica BelgicaPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2023-07-26DOI: 10.1007/s13760-023-02337-4
Laura Lannoo, Bruno Termote, Koen Delmotte
{"title":"A case of neuroborreliosis with striking abnormalities on brain MRI.","authors":"Laura Lannoo, Bruno Termote, Koen Delmotte","doi":"10.1007/s13760-023-02337-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13760-023-02337-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7042,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica Belgica","volume":" ","pages":"367-369"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9879232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}