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Brain Inj ; 26(7-8): 921-6, 2012.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22571420

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RESEARCH DESIGN: Retrospective observational study. OBJECTIVE: To compare motor variables between patients with severe traumatic brain injury who emerge and patients who do not emerge from vegetative state, in an attempt to identify early motor manifestations associated with consistent patient improvement. METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Patients were divided into two groups: group 1, patients who emerged from vegetative state attaining at least a state of functional interactive communication and/or functional use of two different objects (n = 8); and group 2, patients who did not emerge (n = 7). Twenty-one motor variables were compared weekly between groups until the end of the treatment programme. RESULTS: Significant differences were observed in head control (p = 0.051) and head turning (p = 0.002) variables, as well as in visual fixation and pursuit (p = 0.051) after a median of 41 days of therapy; and in head control and head turning; visual fixation and pursuit; phonation; pain localization, reach and grasp, and trunk movement (p ≤ 0.051) after a median of 212 days of programme duration. CONCLUSIONS: Head turning, together with or immediately followed by visual pursuit and fixation, proved to be clinically significant variables associated with recovery from vegetative state to higher states of consciousness beyond minimally conscious state.


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Brain Injuries/physiopathology , Persistent Vegetative State/physiopathology , Psychomotor Performance , Recovery of Function , Adolescent , Adult , Analysis of Variance , Brain Injuries/complications , Brain Injuries/rehabilitation , Disability Evaluation , Female , Humans , Male , Persistent Vegetative State/etiology , Persistent Vegetative State/rehabilitation , Prognosis , Retrospective Studies , Severity of Illness Index , Time Factors , Young Adult
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Rev. Asoc. Argent. Ortop. Traumatol ; 73(2): 150-153, 2008. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-537318

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Introducción: El propósito de este trabajo es informarsobre los resultados del tratamiento en pacientes que sufrieron fractura diafisaria de clavícula asociada con lesión del sistema nervioso central. Materiales y métodos: Se analizaron en forma retrospectivalos resultados de 10 pacientes tratados quirúrgicamentepor fracturas diafisarias de clavícula, entre mayode 2006 y junio de 2007. Se realizó en todos los casos reducción abierta y fijación interna con placa de reconstrucción de 3,5 mm, por vía anteroinferior. El seguimiento fue de 5 meses. Para la evaluación funcional se utilizaron los puntajes de FIM y Box and Block.Resultados: Todos los pacientes evolucionaron a la consolidación a los 3 meses, en promedio. En todos los casos fue posible restaurar el offset del hombro. En la evaluación funcional se registró un promedio significativo de mejoría de la función. Conclusiones: La fijación interna en pacientes con lesión del sistema nervioso central y fractura de clavícula determinaun mejor resultado funcional y en la recuperaciónde los pacientes.


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Shoulder Joint , Retrospective Studies , Fracture Fixation, Internal , Fractures, Bone , Plastic Surgery Procedures , Treatment Outcome , Central Nervous System/injuries
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