OBJECT The primary aim of this prospective cohort study was to evaluate the short-term (1 year) and long-term (mean 6 years) effects of selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) on gross motor function and spasticity in ambulatory children with spastic diplegia. Secondary aims were to investigate side effects, additional treatment during follow-up (botulinum toxin type A injections or orthopedic surgery...

P oststroke spasticity (PSS) is a common complication associated with other signs and symptoms of the upper motor neuron syndrome, including agonist/antagonist co-contraction, weakness, and lack of coordination. Together, they result in impairments and functional problems that can predispose to costly complications. The goal of PSS management should take into consideration not only reduction of...

Samuel Beckett’s negative paths The author evokes some hypotheses on the question of way as a structural data in relation to process Beckettian writing (the critical position with respect language; practice dispossession; disfigurement) by taking up elements his books published Classiques Garnier 2019: La parole trouée. Beckett, Tardieu, Novarina, and Les Voies négatives de l’écriture dans le t...

PReS-FINAL-2184: A randomized trial in new onset juvenile dermatomyositis: prednisone versus prednisone plus cyclosporine versus prednisone plus methotrexate N Ruperto, A Pistorio, S Knupp Feitosa de Oliveira, R Cuttica, A Ravelli, M Fischbach, B Magnusson, T Avcin , K Brochard, F Corona, G Couillault, F Dressler, V Gerloni, G Sterba, F Zulian, MT Apaz, A Cespedes-Cruz, R Cimaz, C Bracaglia, R ...