PURPOSE Diffusional kurtosis imaging (DKI) is an emerging technique that describes diffusion of water molecules in terms of deviation from Gaussian distribution. This study investigated correlations between DKI metrics and cognitive function in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). MATERIALS AND METHODS DKI was performed in 29 iNPH patients and 14 age-matched controls...

BACKGROUND The spectrum of abnormal behaviors in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease (ALS/MND) has been described, but its practical meaning, namely its impact on caregiver burden, has not been clearly documented in Chinese population. This study aimed to assess the distribution of abnormal behaviors in Chinese population, and to analyze the relationship between behavior changes ...

Objectives: To assess efficacy of L-dopa treatment on aggression, frontal lobe and task switching deficits in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD).
 Study Design: Prospective comparative study.
 Place Duration Study: Bahawal Victoria Hospital Civil Bahawalpur, Pakistan, from Apr 2016 to Oct 2017.
 Methodology: Seventy-five healthy individuals seventy-five PD participated the st...

Background. The growing number of patients with dementia in aging population developed countries significantly increases the relevance differential diagnosis cognitive impairment and age-associated disorders. purpose study was to determine criteria for physiological changes status diffusion processes brain’s white matter healthy middle-aged elderly people. Material ­methods. Thirty-nine (45–59 ...

Adequate function of the hip abductor mechanism has been shown to be integral to ideal lower limb function and musculoskeletal health. Clinical assessment of hip abductor muscle function may include observational assessment of postural habits, muscle bulk, and of the ability to control optimal frontal plane femoropelvic alignment during a variety of single leg tasks. Strength testing using a ha...

Recent research studies have established the fact, that glycosylation is causing the memory decline and this is further supported by the alteration of brain metabolite concentrations in diabetes. The present study is hypothesized that yoga is having alienating ability of memory decline and alteration of frontal lobe metabolite concentrations, which are the result of glycosylation in type 2 diab...

UNLABELLED Objectives. To test the relation between white matter lesions (WML) location and physical performance, in aged patients. Methods. SUBJECTS 29 patients (17 males), aged >65 (mean age 72.6 ± 5.2), with leukoaraiosis. WML was quantified with a visual scale; Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) was measured bilaterally in frontal periventricular lesioned white matter and frontal and pa...