ABSTRACT Following major surgery pulmonary complications are an important cause of postoperative morbidity, contributing to significant increases in length of hospital stay, overall hospital costs and patient discomfort. Physiotherapy aims to prevent and treat pulmonary complications and a number of high quality studies have investigated the efficacy of various physiotherapy interventions in ma...

1. PhD, Department of Physiotherapy, Federal University of São Carlos; 2. Physiotherapy Student, Federal University of São Carlos, 3. Master Degree Student, Department of Physiotherapy, Federal University of São Carlos; 4. PhD, Department of Physiology and Pathology, São Paulo State UniversityUNESP; 5. PhD, Department of Physiology and Pathology, São Paulo State UniversityUNESP; 6. PhD, Departm...

Traumatic carotid artery dissection, if not diagnosed and treated early, is a serious problem with permanent neurological deficit and a high mortality rate of up to 40%. We present a case with delayed diagnosis of traumatic carotid artery dissection in a 21-year-old female. While there were no ischemic infarct findings on the admission cerebral computerized tomography (CT), such findings were o...

np-c is a severe, progressive and irreversible neurovisceral disease, which is invariably fatal. np-c is a rare disease, with an estimated minimal incidence of 1/120,000 live births . np-c is caused by mutations in npc1 (~95% of patients) or npc2 genes .defective npc1 and npc2 proteins result in a disruption of lipid metabolism . one of special features of this disorder is heterogeneous manifes...

it has been estimated that more than 1.7 million individuals suffer a traumatic brain injury (tbi) each year. tbi causes secondary biochemical and metabolic changes which contribute to subsequent tissue damage and associated neuronal cell death. two early and delayed events occur after tbi, which results in neurological deficits. primary injury events include the mechanical damage that occur at...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of aerobic exercise on brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels in people with neurological disorders. DATA SOURCES Six electronic databases (CINAHL, PubMed, Cochrane, PsycINFO, SportDiscus, and Web of Science) were searched until the end of December 2016. STUDY SELECTION Experimental or observational studies of people with neurological disorders who...

Robotic technologies are becoming more prevalent for treating neurological conditions in clinical settings. We conducted a literature search of original articles to identify all studies that examined the use of robotic devices for restoring walking function in adults with neurological disorders. We evaluated and rated each study using either the Physiotherapy Evidence Database scale for randomi...

superficial siderosis (ss) is a rare disease which affects people in all ages and both sexes, but three times more in men. pathological etiology is deposition of hemosiderin (a product of the breakdown of blood) in leptomeninges, subpial layer, ependymal surface and other parts of central nervous system (cns) and typically leads to neurological dysfunction and progressive irreversible signs and...

how to cite this article: karimzadeh p. juvenile type of niemann-pick type c disease and our study in iranian npc patients. iran j child neurol. 201 5 autumn;9:4(suppl.1): 5-6. pls see pdf.

Congenital, traumatic, or extrinsic causes can lead people to paraplegia; some of these are potentially; reversible and others are not. Paraplegia can couse hip flexion contracture and, consequently, pressure sores, scoliosis, and hyperlordosis; lumbar and groin pain are strictly correlated. Scientific literature contains many studies about children hip flexion related to neurological diseases,...