Validation of Abbreviated Form of the Multidimensional Prognostic Index (MPI): The BRIEF-MPI Project.

Purpose: To screen multidimensional frailty in older people, using a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) tool such as the multidimensional prognostic index (MPI), is a public health priority. Unfortunately, the screening tools available are not able to capture multidimensional frailty. In this work, we aimed to evaluate in a population of hospitalized and ambulatory older patients, the agreement between an abbreviated form of the MPI (ie, BRIEF-MPI) and the standard/full version.

Intracortical facilitation within the migraine motor cortex depends on the stimulation intensity. A paired-pulse TMS study.

Introduction: Connectivity within the primary motor cortex can be measured using the paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) paradigm. This evaluates the effect of a first conditioning stimulus on the motor evoked potential (MEP) elicited by a second test stimulus when different interstimulus intervals are used. Aim of the present study was to provide, in patients suffering from migraine without aura (MwoA), additional information on intracortical facilitation (ICF), short intracortical inhibition (SICI), and long intracortical inhibition (LICI), using different intensities of the test stimulus (TS).