Menière's disease patients improve specific posturographic parameters following diagnostic intratympanic injection.

Purpose: Evaluation of specific computerized posturographic parameters in patients with Menière's disease (MD) following the intratympanic injection of gadolinium, a contrast agent, used in radiological diagnosing.

Materials And Methods: We have observed 12 adult patients with unilateral Menière's Disease subjected to inner ear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination after intratympanic gadolinium injection (ITG). The diagnoses have been performed according to the guidelines of the American Academy of otolaryngology.

The role of general dynamic coordination in the handwriting skills of children.

Difficulties in handwriting are often reported in children with developmental coordination disorder, and they represent an important element in the diagnosis. The present study was aimed at investigating the relation between motor coordination and handwriting skills, and to identify differences in handwriting between children without and with coordination difficulties. In particular, we asked whether visual-spatial skills have a role as mediating variables between motor coordination and handwriting.