Publications by authors named "A Cacchio"
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- Emotional dysfunctions in Parkinson's disease (PD) involve less accurate recognition of facial expressions and emotional scenes compared to healthy individuals.
- The study involved 40 PD patients and 40 healthy subjects, using tests to assess recognition of emotions through facial expressions and affective scenes.
- Results showed PD patients had significant difficulty recognizing fear, sadness, and anger, and overall lower accuracy in classifying emotional valence, with a positive correlation between facial emotion recognition and scene valence classification.
Medical comorbidities are frequent in patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) and their impact on outcomes is under investigation. The aim of this study was to investigate patients with DoC in the acute stage and the influence of comorbidities. Patients admitted to intensive care units and neurological units with a diagnosis of coma, vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (VS/UWS), and minimally conscious state (MCS) were investigated through the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), the Coma Recovery Scale - Revised (CRS-R) and the Comorbidities Coma Scale (CoCos).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDespite the advancement of diagnostic surgical techniques in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction and rehabilitation protocols following ACL injury, only half of the athletes return to sports at a competitive level. A major concern is neuromechanical dysfunction, which occurs with injuries persisting in operated and non-operated legs following ACL rehabilitation. One of the criteria for a safe return to sports participation is based on the maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) performed unilaterally and a comparison between the 'healthy knee' and the 'operated knee'.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Persistent posttraumatic/postsurgery ankle edema (PPAE) is edema that persists from 2 weeks to 3 months after injury or surgery. PPAE has negative effects on the healing process and quality of life. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a phytochemical product containing diosmin, coumarin, and arbutin (Linfadren) in addition to the conventional treatment, in patients with PPAE.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) is an innovative therapeutical approach for medically refractory tremor. It is currently under investigation for other neurological diseases including refractory neuropathic pain (NP).
Objective: The objective of this systematic review is to analyze available evidence about the effectiveness and safety profile of MRgFUS in the treatment of refractory NP.