Low-Intensity Physical Exercise Improves Pain Catastrophizing and Other Psychological and Physical Aspects in Women with Fibromyalgia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic syndrome characterized by widespread pain and other physical and psychological features. In this study, we aimed to analyze the effect of a low-intensity physical exercise (PE) program, combining endurance training and coordination, on psychological aspects (i.e.

[Incidence of hospitalization for traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents (Valencia Community, Spain, 2002-2009)].

INTRODUCTION. Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children and adolescents but there are hardly any studies on the incidence and temporal evolution. AIM.

[The clinical relevance of FDG-PET imaging in severe traumatic brain injuries].

Aim: To evaluate the usefulness of positron emission tomography (PET) as a predictor of long-term disability after a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Patients And Methods: Fifty-six patients who had sustained a severe TBI were assessed with a broad battery of cognitive and functional scales at baseline and 6-months after inclusion in a multidisciplinary rehabilitation program. All patients underwent a FDG-PET at baseline.

[Clinical utility of the 64-card version of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test in patients with traumatic brain injury].

Aims: To analyze the validity of the single deck 64-card Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST-64) compared to the standard version (WCST-128), and to study the sensibility of both versions to identify changes over time in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Patients And Methods: The WCST was administered twice across a 6-month period to a sample of 50 patients with TBI. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated to examine bivariate associations between WCST-128 scores and the corresponding WCST-64 scores at inclusion and at follow-up.

[When do patients with traumatic brain injury lose verbal information? Implications for cognitive rehabilitation].

Aim: Longitudinal study of verbal learning and memory processes after traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Patients And Methods: Twenty-six patients who had sustained a moderate-severe TBI were assessed with a Spanish version of the California Verbal Learning Test at the time of admission and 6-months after inclusion in a multidisciplinary rehabilitation program that comprised rehabilitation strategies for memory impairments. Global memory indexes were determined, including retroactive interference, proactive interference and recall indexes controlled for level of verbal acquisition.

[The 'awareness climbing': an educational board game for improving self-awareness following acquired brain injury].

Aim: To establish the effectiveness of an educational board game for improving self-awareness following acquired brain injury.

Patients And Methods: The 'awareness climbing' is a board game format intervention for improving awareness of patients with acquired brain injury (ABI) and for facilitating the use of anticipatory and compensatory strategies. 17 patients with ABI (traumatic brain injury, 10; stroke, 5; others, 2) were included in a self-awareness rehabilitation program using the 'awareness climbing'.

[Anoxic encephalopathy after ultraviolet radiation session: follow-up and results].

Anoxic encephalopathy is the consequence of acute cerebral oxygen deprivation usually generated by cardiac arrest and/or respiratory failure. Recently an interesting case of one patient with cerebral anoxia after ultraviolet radiation session has been published. This paper shows the clinical evolution of this patient after inclusion in a multidisciplinary rehabilitation program, which included treatment of the psychopathological, neuropsychological and functional impairments that this pathology often generates.

[Anoxic encephalopathy. Clinical description, prognosis and neuroimaging].

Objectives: To describe the clinical profile (neuropsychological, psychopathological, functional and neuroimaging), as well as the evolution of patients with anoxic encephalopathy.

Patients And Methods: Nine patients with anoxic encephalopathy attending our Service were included in the study. All patients were assessed with a broad range of neuropsychological tests, checklists of psychopathological symptoms, and several functional scales.

[Intelligence, memory and malingering: correlation between scales].

Objectives: To validate the test of memory malingering (TOMM), and to study the influence of intelligence and memory on its performance in brain injury patients.

Patients And Methods: A total of 30 patients with traumatic head injury were included in the study. All patients were assessed with the Complutense verbal learning test, the Visual Reproduction subtest of the Wechsler memory scale-revised, the Boston naming test, two fluency tests (FAS, and animals), the Wechsler adult intelligence test-III, and with the TOMM.