A Preliminary Study of the Impact of Intensive Hand Therapy after Arthroscopic Partial Trapeziectomy with Suture-Button Suspensionplasty for Thumb Carpometacarpal Arthritis.

Thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) arthritis is a painful and debilitating condition, which in severe cases may be treated by surgery. Previous studies have emphasised the importance of rehabilitation following surgery to achieve optimal results. This study aimed to investigate whether intensive hand therapy is effective in improving hand functions after arthroscopic partial trapeziectomy with suture-button (SB) suspensionplasty in patients with thumb CMC arthritis.

Correlation between brain functional connectivity and neurocognitive function in patients with left frontal glioma.

The association between neurocognitive function (NCF) impairment and brain cortical functional connectivity in glioma patients remains unclear. The correlations between brain oscillatory activity or functional connectivity and NCF measured by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale full-scale intelligence quotient scores (WAIS FSIQ), the Wechsler Memory Scale-revised general memory scores (WMS-R GM), and the Western aphasia battery aphasia quotient scores (WAB AQ) were evaluated in 18 patients with left frontal glioma using resting-state electroencephalography (EEG). Current source density (CSD) and lagged phase synchronization (LPS) were analyzed using exact low-resolution electromagnetic tomography (eLORETA).

Clinical Results of Arthroscopic Partial Trapeziectomy With Suture-Button Suspensionplasty for Thumb Carpometacarpal Arthritis.

Background: This study represents the clinical results, especially range of motion (ROM) improvement, of arthroscopic partial trapeziectomy with suture-button suspensionplasty for symptomatic grade II and III thumb carpometacarpal arthritis with a minimum 1-year follow-up.

Methods: Thirty-two patients (mean: 67.5 years) with grade II and III thumb carpometacarpal arthritis treated with arthroscopic partial trapeziectomy with suture-button suspensionplasty were retrospectively followed up for at least 1 year.

Intraoperative hand strength as an indicator of consciousness during awake craniotomy: a prospective, observational study.

Awake craniotomy enables mapping and monitoring of brain functions. For successful procedures, rapid awakening and the precise evaluation of consciousness are required. A prospective, observational study conducted to test whether intraoperative hand strength could be a sensitive indicator of consciousness during the awake phase of awake craniotomy.

Immediate family support is important to discharge home for cancer patient with bone metastasis after rehabilitation: A retrospective study.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the predictive factors of home discharge for rehabilitation patients with cancer bone metastasis.Cancer patients with bone metastasis who underwent rehabilitation between April 2014 and March 2017 were retrospectively enrolled. Data on discharge destination were collected from medical records as outcomes.

Assessment of neurocognitive function in association with WHO grades in gliomas.

Objective: High-grade gliomas are fast-growing and may exhibit more severe neurocognitive function (NCF) decline compared with low-grade gliomas. A comprehensive understanding of the NCF in patients with glioma may be critical for developing effective glioma treatments and rehabilitation interventions. This study evaluated NCF more comprehensively in patients with glioma using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition (WAIS-III) and the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS-R), and also determined the differences in NCF in relation with the WHO grades of gliomas.

Finger sensory impairment after elbow flexion reconstruction using concomitant nerve transfer from the median and ulnar nerves.

Purpose: Single and double fascicular nerve transfer using the ulnar or median nerve is performed to restore elbow flexion following injuries to the brachial plexus or nerve root. However, little is known regarding the postoperative changes involved in the sensory alteration of the hand after a single and double fascicular nerve transfer. We evaluated the sensory alteration of the hand in patients who underwent single and double fascicular nerve transfer for two years.

Evaluation of Cognitive Function in Relation to Progression of Parkinson Disease.

Objective: Cognitive impairments are among the nonmotor symptoms in patients with Parkinson disease. Understanding the cognitive impairments in patients with Parkinson disease may be critical for developing effective rehabilitation interventions. The aims of this study were to assess cognitive function in patients with Parkinson disease using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Third Edition, and the Wechsler Memory Scale Revised and to investigate how cognitive impairments relate to progression of disease in patients with Parkinson disease according to the Hoehn and Yahr stages.

Remembering my friends: Medial prefrontal and hippocampal contributions to the self-reference effect on face memories in a social context.

Memories associated with the self are remembered more accurately than those associated with others. The memory enhancement related to the self is known as the self-reference effect (SRE). However, little is known regarding the neural mechanisms underlying the SRE in a social context modulated by social relationships.

Anomic alexia of kanji in a patient with anomic aphasia.

The ability to read aloud kanji (logogram) words and to comprehend their meaning was systematically examined to clarify the underlying mechanism of kanji alexia in a patient with anomic aphasia. Confrontation naming, reading aloud and reading comprehension tasks were performed using 110 words from 11 semantic categories written in kanji or kana. Performance in oral reading of kanji words was significantly worse than oral reading of the same words transcribed into kana words.

[Visual search training for a case of homonymous field defect with multiple visual dysfunctions].

A 72-year-old right handed man developed right homonymous hemianopia without macular sparing, left homonymous lower quadranopia with macular sparing, cerebral amblyopia, cerebral achromatopsia, impaired form vision, and mild right hemispatial neglect, after multiple cerebral infarctions, involving bilateral occipital cortices. His intelligence and memory were deteriorated moderately. He failed to notice objects located in the affected visual field, because of his severely impaired visual search.

[Unawareness for homonymous visual field defect].

Background: There was no report which dealt with the relationship between emotional state, degree of defective visual search, severity of hemianopic dyslexia, the episode when the patient became aware of the defect, and unawareness of visual loss in homonymous hemifield.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between degree of awareness and those factors that might be responsible for the unawareness, including the aspects listed above.

Methods: Four patients with visual field defects caused by a brain lesion after a stroke was investigated.