Publications by authors named "Marie Boudrias"
Effect of a tailored upper extremity strength training intervention combined with direct current stimulation in chronic stroke survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Front Rehabil Sci
August 2022
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigated whether personalized strengthening exercises, informed by biomarkers from transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), could improve outcomes for individuals with upper limb weakness after a stroke.
- - 90 adults were recruited and divided into three training intensity groups based on their motor evoked potentials (MEPs), with exercises tailored to their specific strength levels for four weeks.
- - Results showed that while participants in all groups improved in terms of motor function and strength, the addition of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) did not enhance the exercise effects as expected.
Object: Due partly to therapeutic improvements and prolonged patient survival, the field of neurooncology is gradually undergoing a philosophical shift, progressively moving toward a more functional approach to patient welfare. This shift includes, as one of its defining objectives, the promotion of elevated levels of quality of life (QOL) and quality of health (QOH) for patients of all ages. Unfortunately, an adult life-stage perspective has never been used to study the long-lasting impact of age on well-being in neurooncology patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a self-administered questionnaire to measure the health-related quality of life (QOL) of patients with brain cancer. We wanted to assess both core and disease-specific concerns in a single, easy-to-use instrument, thus promoting concision and clinical utility. The questionnaire departs from its predecessors in that it was designed for- and validated among French speaking Canadians.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cerebral metastases are clinically significant in 10% to 30% of patients with neoplasia. Multiple cerebral metastases are typically treated with palliative radiotherapy. There is no consensus on the role of enhanced chemotherapy delivery as an adjuvant treatment modality in this disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The treatment of malignant brain tumors is hampered by the presence of the blood-brain barrier, which limits chemotherapy penetration to the central nervous system (CNS). In recent years, different strategies have been designed to circumvent this physiologic barrier. The osmotic blood-brain barrier disruption (BBBD) procedure is one such strategy, and has been studied extensively in preclinical and clinical studies.
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