21 Result(s)

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Electrokinesiographic Study of Oropharyngeal Swallowing in Neurogenic Dysphagia

Electrokinesiographic study of swallowing (EKSS) can be useful for the assessment of patients with suspected or overt neurogenic dysphagia. EKSS consists of multichannel recording of the electromyographic (EMG...

Enrico Alfonsi, Massimiliano Todisco, Mauro Fresia, Cristina Tassorelli… in Dysphagia (2023)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Toward an Epidermal Patch for Voice Prosthesis and Diseases Prediction by a Fuzzy-Neuro Paradigm

Voice rehabilitation and diseases prediction is required today because neural degeneration or neurological injury alters the motor component of the speech system in the phonation area of the brain

Mario Malcangi, Giovanni Felisati… in Engineering Applications of Neural Networks (2023)

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A narrative review on the role and main findings of the Videofluoroscopic Study of Swallowing in Parkison’s disease

Dysphagia is a common symptom in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), though it may go undiagnosed until severe complications arise. Dysphagia can be suspected on a clinical basis, but an instrumental asses...

Filippo Barbiera, Giuseppe Cosentino, Francesco La Seta… in La radiologia medica (2023)

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Camptocormia in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: a case report

Massimiliano Todisco, Francesca Valentino, Enrico Alfonsi… in Acta Neurologica Belgica (2022)

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Characterization and management of neurological adverse events during immune-checkpoint inhibitors treatment: an Italian multicentric experience

Neurological immune-related adverse events (nirAEs) are rare toxicities of immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). With the increase of ICI oncological indications, their incidence is growing. Their recognition an...

Luca Diamanti, Alberto Picca, Paola Bini, Matteo Gastaldi… in Neurological Sciences (2022)

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Expression pattern of matrix metalloproteinases-2 and -9 and their tissue inhibitors in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a heterogeneous family of endopeptidases that play a role in many physiological functions, including the immune response. An imbalance between the activity of MMPs and thei...

Giuseppe Cosentino, Vincenzo Di Stefano, Rosalia Lo Presti… in Neurological Sciences (2021)

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A pilot study assessing T1-weighted muscle MRI in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

The authors set out to study the role of T1-weighted muscle MRI in the diagnostic phase of ALS, comparing images from ten patients and nine age-matched healthy controls (HCs). All subjects underwent MRI of 68 ...

Luca Diamanti, Enrico Alfonsi, Ottavia Eleonora Ferraro… in Skeletal Radiology (2019)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Myo-To-Speech - Evolving Fuzzy-Neural Network Prediction of Speech Utterances from Myoelectric Signals

Voice rehabilitation is needed after several diseases, when a subject’s vocal ability is compromised by surgical interference or removal of phonation organs (e.g. the larynx), by neural degeneration or by neur...

Mario Malcangi, Giovanni Felisati… in Engineering Applications of Neural Networks (2018)

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Effects of Neuromodulation on Gait

In the last decades, non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) has evolved to become a valuable tool in both basic and clinical neuroscience. Various methods of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcra...

Giuseppe Cosentino, Filippo Brighina… in Advanced Technologies for the Rehabilitati… (2018)

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The role of laryngeal electromyography in vagus nerve stimulation-related vocal fold dysmotility

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a useful tool for drug-resistant epilepsy, but it induces known laryngeal side effects, with a significant role on patients’ quality of life. VNS patients may show persistent l...

Alberto M. Saibene, Elena Zambrelli… in European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology (2017)

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Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Italian Version of SWAL-QOL

The aim of the study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Italian SWAL-QOL (I-SWAL-QOL). The study consisted of five phases: item generation, reliability analysis, normative data generation, val...

Daniela Ginocchio, Enrico Alfonsi, Francesco Mozzanica, Anna Rosa Accornero… in Dysphagia (2016)

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Electrophysiological Investigations of Shape and Reproducibility of Oropharyngeal Swallowing: Interaction with Bolus Volume and Age

Electrophysiological assessment provides valuable information on physiological and pathophysiological characteristics of human swallowing. Here, new electrophysiological measures for the evaluation of orophary...

Enrico Alfonsi, Giuseppe Cosentino, Luca Mainardi, Antonio Schindler… in Dysphagia (2015)

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Anti-Ma2/Ta antibodies in a woman with primary lateral sclerosis-like phenotype and Sjögren syndrome

Anti-Ma2/Ta antibodies are rare paraneoplastic antibodies, which are mostly associated with limbic encephalitis in male patients with testicular cancer. We report on a 50-year-old woman with a pure progressive...

Giovanni Piccolo, Eleonora Tavazzi, Sven Jarius, Enrico Alfonsi… in Neurological Sciences (2011)

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Dysphagia in multiple sclerosis: from pathogenesis to diagnosis

Abnormalities of swallowing are commonly encountered in Multiple Sclerosis (MS), especially in the most disabled patients. The disturbances usually involve oral and pharyngeal phases of swallowing, although up...

Cristina Tassorelli, Roberto Bergamaschi, Simona Buscone… in Neurological Sciences (2008)

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Dopaminergic pathways involvement in Kennedy's disease: neurophysiological and [¹²³I]β-CIT SPECT findings

Debora Soragna, Cristina Messa, Mirella Mochi, Enrico Alfonsi… in Journal of Neurology (2001)