Background: Simulation is a timeand cost-intensive teaching modality that consiists of both hands-on experience with a lifelike manikin and a debriefing session. While many educators believe that both simulation components are important for learning, the impact of the individual components is unknown. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine where in a simulation experience greate...

Objective—To determine the concentrations of â-phenylethylamine (PEA) in CSF in patients with Parkinson’s disease, and to evaluate the relation between concentration of PEA in CSF and severity of Parkinson’s disease. Methods—Using gas chromatographychemical ionisation mass spectrometry, CSF concentrations of PEA were measured in 23 patients with Parkinson’s disease (mean age, 64.0 (SD 8.2) year...

PURPOSE Plasma folate concentrations are suggested to be negatively associated with body mass index (BMI, kg/m(2)), although these findings are controversial. Our objective was to evaluate the association of BMI with blood folate and total homocysteine (tHcy) concentrations. METHODS We measured plasma and erythrocyte folate and plasma tHcy concentrations in 434 healthy adults (343 women and 9...

Many individuals with movement disorders are unable to make efficient use of graphical computer interfaces commonly employed in personal computers. In this study, performance limitations in target tracking with a computer mouse were studied for eight young subjects aged 19 to 29 (M = 23, SD = 3), four old subjects aged 70 to 73 (M = 72, SD = 1), and five motor-disabled subjects aged 37 to 74 (M...

Background: Radiofrequency Echographic Multi-Spectrometry (REMS) is a non-ionizing innovative approach for the assessment of REMS- based bone mineral density (BMD) axial skeleton. The principle REMS technology on analysis native raw unfiltered ultrasound signals during an echographic scan lumbar spine or femoral neck [1]. Several studies demonstrated high concordance with dual energy X-ray abso...

OBJECTIVE To study the association between hormonal exposures and disease onset in a cohort of women with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). METHODS Reproductive history and hormone use were assessed using a standardized reproductive survey administered to women with NMOSD (82% aquaporin-4 antibody positive) at 8 clinical centers. Using multivariable regression, we examined the a...

The main goal of this study was to produce adjusted normative data for the Portuguese population on two verbal fluency measures: the semantic fluency test (animals category) and the phonemic fluency test (letters M, R, and P). The study included 950 community-dwelling individuals (624 women and 326 men) aged between 18 and 98 (mean = 57.8, SD = 19.0), who had educational backgrounds ranging fro...

OBJECTIVE Evaluate the Glasgow outcome scale (GOS) at discharge (GOS-HD) as a prognostic indicator in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHOD Retrospective data were collected of 45 patients, with Glasgow coma scale <8, age 25±10 years, 36 men, from medical records. Later, at home visit, two measures were scored: GOS-HD (according to information from family members) and GOS LATE (1...