FOLLOW-UP OF PATIENTS WITH POST COVID-19 CONDITION AFTER A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM ASSESSMENT: A PILOT STUDY.

Objective: To follow up patients with post-COVID-19 condition (PCC) 6 months after a multidisciplinary team assessment in specialist care regarding symptoms of pain, anxiety, depression, fatigue and cognition, level of activity, physical activity and sick leave.

Methods: A prospective pilot study conducted in a clinical setting of patients ( = 22) with PCC referred from primary healthcare to a specialist clinic for a 2 day-multidisciplinary team assessment followed by a subsequent rehabilitation plan. Data were collected through questionnaires filled in prior to the team assessment and 6 months later.

10 Years Follow-Up of Deep Brain Stimulation in the Caudal Zona Incerta/Posterior Subthalamic Area for Essential Tremor.

Background: Long-term data on the effects of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for essential tremor (ET) is scarce, especially regarding DBS in the caudal Zona incerta (cZi) and the posterior subthalamic area (PSA).

Objectives: The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the effect of cZi/PSA DBS in ET at 10 years after surgery.

Methods: Thirty-four patients were included.

Deep brain stimulation in the ALIC-BNST region targeting the bed nucleus of stria terminalis in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: effects on cognition after 12 months.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate cognitive effects 12 months after Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) of the Bed Nucleus of Stria Terminalis (BNST) in patients with refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

Methods: Eight patients (5 female; mean ± SD age 36 ± 15) with OCD were included. A neuropsychological test battery covering verbal and spatial episodic memory, executive function, and attention was administered preoperatively and 12 months after surgery.

Short- and long-term cognitive effects of deep brain stimulation in the caudal zona incerta versus best medical treatment in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Objective: A growing number of studies are showing positive effects of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in the caudal zona incerta (cZi) in various tremor disorders, as well as motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). The focus of the present study was to evaluate short- and long-term cognitive effects of bilateral cZi DBS in patients with PD.

Methods: Twenty-five nondemented patients with advanced PD were recruited to participate in a randomized trial of cZi DBS versus best medical treatment (BMT).

Deep brain stimulation in the caudal zona incerta in patients with essential tremor: effects on cognition 1 year after surgery.

Objective: The ventral intermediate nucleus (VIM) of the thalamus is currently the established target in the use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) to treat essential tremor (ET). In recent years, the caudal zona incerta (cZi), a brain target commonly used during the lesional era, has been revived as the primary target in a number of DBS studies that show evidence of the efficacy of cZi targeting in DBS treatment for controlling the symptoms of ET. The authors sought to obtain comprehensive neuropsychological data and thoroughly investigate the cognitive effects of cZi targeting in patients with ET treated with DBS.

Neurological disorders and violence: a systematic review and meta-analysis with a focus on epilepsy and traumatic brain injury.

The objectives of this study were to systematically review and meta-analyze the research literature on the association of common neurological disorders and violence. Keywords relating to neurological disorders and violence were searched between 1966 and August 2008. Case-control and cohort studies were selected.