Introduction: Unplanned reactive aggressive acts are a clinical feature of particular interest in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). The early identification of personality traits correlated to aggressive behavior is certainly desirable in BDP populations. This study analyzes a clinical sample of 122 adult outpatients with BPD referred to Adult Mental Health Services of the Department of Mental Health of Bologna, in Italy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of an occlusal splint on body posture of intra-articular temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders patients.
Methods: The study was performed on 45 women affected by TMJ disorders divided into an occlusal splint group and a control group. Rasterstereographic recordings were performed at baseline and after 1, 3, and 6 months, in order to analyze the following postural parameters: trunk inclination, cervical and lumbar arrows, kyphotic and lordotic angles, trunk imbalance, pelvic tilt and torsion.
Background: Correlation between malocclusions and body posture has been discussed in the last decades, but there is still a lack of consensus in existing literature. Rasterstereography allows tridimensional reconstruction of the spine, starting from the back surface analysis. So far studies which tested modifications of rasterstereographic parameters during orthodontic treatment, comparing with those obtained from untreated control group, are not available.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To describe the clinical, neuropsychological, and psychopathologic features of a cohort of children with a new diagnosis of symptomatic or presumed symptomatic focal epilepsy at time of recruitment and through the first month. The selected population will be followed for 2-5 years after enrollment to investigate the epilepsy course and identify early predictors of drug resistance.
Methods: In this observational, multicenter, nationwide study, children (age 1 month-12.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of conventional TENS in women affected by chronic facial myalgia.
Materials And Methods: The study was performed on 49 women affected by chronic facial myalgia randomly allocated in the TENS group (34 women) and the control group (15 women). The subjective level of pain was assessed by the Visual Analogue Scale indicating the mean (VAS MEAN), the maximum (VAS MAX) and the current intensity of pain (VAS NOW).
Objective: To describe the electroclinical features and the long-term outcomes of epilepsy in a large cohort of males and females with Down syndrome who developed epilepsy in childhood.
Study Design: Subjects with Down syndrome and cryptogenic epilepsy with onset in childhood were identified retrospectively from the databases of 16 Italian epilepsy centers over a 40-year period. For each subject, age at onset of seizures, seizure semiology and frequency, electroencephalography characteristics, treatment with antiepileptic drugs, and long-term clinical and electroencephalography outcomes were analyzed.
Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate psychological distress, anger and alexithymia in a group of patients affected by myofascial pain (MP) in the facial region.
Methods: 45 MP patients [mean (SD) age: 38.9 (11.
Purpose: To clarify the role of epilepsy and genetic background in determining the cognitive outcome of patients with Dravet syndrome.
Methods: In this retrospective study, we reviewed the clinical history and cognitive development of 26 patients who had been followed with standardized evaluations since seizure onset. The cognitive outcome was quantified as differential general quotient (dGQ) between ages 12 and 60 months.
Aims of our study were to describe the early clinical features of Dravet syndrome (SMEI) and the neurological, cognitive and behavioral outcome. The clinical history of 37 patients with clinical diagnosis of SMEI, associated with a point mutation of SCN1A gene in 84% of cases, were reviewed with particular attention to the symptoms of onset. All the patients received at least one formal cognitive and behavior evaluation.
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