In this article we review studies in which Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics (ANAM) measures were used to screen for impairment in various clinical populations. These clinical groups include patients with multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's dementia, acquired brain injury, and migraine headache. Data are also presented from a group of...

OBJECTIVE To critically review and evaluate existing knowledge on the conceptual limits and clinical usefulness of the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and the neuropsychological assessment and short- and long-term prognosis thereof. METHODS We conducted a systematic search of the PubMed and Web of Science electronic databases, limited to articles published in English between 1999...

Abstract Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents manifests itself a heterogeneous manner as regards personality aspects. This study aimed to evaluate, by using the Ego Impairment Index, functioning characteristics of between 9 15 years old (to be completed), diagnosed with (clinical group) compare them non-clinical group. The groups included 42 participants each. Ki...

Abstract Background: Transient ischaemic attack (TIA) can lead to lasting changes in brain structure and function resulting cognitive impairment. Cognitive screening tools may lack sensitivity for detecting impairments, particularly executive function, which tends be the earliest affected domain vascular Aim: In this preliminary study, we examine a working memory (WMem) task as sensitive measur...

Children can present with a wide range of swallowing impairments. This may affect from neonates, infants,toddlers, young children to early teens. The most serious outcome severe impairment is gross aspiration leading violation airway and its consequences such as recurrent pneumonias, sepsis, poor weight gain, failure thrive long term developmentalsequel. Assessment done in using perceptual clin...

UNLABELLED Increasingly, clinical trials are being planned in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to prevent or delay the onset of dementia in Alzheimer disease (AD) by disease-modifying intervention. Inclusion of imaging techniques as biomarkers for patient selection and assessment of outcome is expected to increase trial efficacy. PET using (18)F-FDG provides objective information a...

PURPOSE This study explored the use of assessment tasks to examine underlying phonological representations in preschool children with speech impairment. The study also investigated the association between performance on phonological representation tasks and phonological awareness development. METHOD The performance of 9 children (aged 3;09 [years; months] to 5;03) with moderate or severe spee...

background: there is increasing evidence that visual impairment contribute to falling. the aim of this study was to determine the influence of vision impairment of old adult patients with cataract on the occurrence of falls and postural control. methods:according to the results of screening ophthalmic examination, 48 cataract patients (mean±sd aged 68.5 ± 6.08 yrs.) and 50 individuals without a...

OBJECTIVE Cognitive deficits are common after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH), and clinical evaluation is important for their management. Our hypothesis was that the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCa) is superior to the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in screening for cognitive domain deficit in aSAH patients. METHODS We carried out a prospective observational and diagnostic...

Numerous studies have documented high rates of functional impairment in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. However, this impairment appears early in the course of the illness. The purpose of the present study was to validate the Functioning Assessment Short Test (FAST) by comparing it with the Strauss-Carpenter Scale for use as an instrument to assess functional impairment in sub...