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Neurol Sci
April 2024
Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease, Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Clinic, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Dyskinesia is a common complication of long-term levodopa therapy in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), which often worsens the quality of life. It is usually dose-dependent and emerges possibly due to pulsatile stimulation of dopamine receptors. Delineating the pattern of dyskinesia is crucial for determining the most effective therapeutic approach, a task that often presents challenges for numerous neurologists.
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May 2020
Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.
The threat of cancer and the effects of risk-reducing surgery can have a significant impact on family planning and family life. In this qualitative study, we examine intersecting experiences of BRCA carrier status, subsequent risk-reducing surgery, and motherhood by analyzing in-depth interviews with 16 Jewish, Israeli mothers (ages 36-57) who underwent risk-reducing mastectomies and/or oophorectomies. Time emerged as a prism through which the BRCA motherhood experience could be viewed.
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September 2018
University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
This narrative case study, created from several qualitative sources, portrays a young woman's life experiences and an eight yearlong therapy process with Norwegian Psychomotor Physiotherapy (NPMP). It is analyzed retrospectively from an analytical angle, where NPMP theory is expanded with Løgstrup's phenomenology of sensation and Ricoeur's narrative philosophy. Understanding Rita's narrative through this window displayed some foundational phenomena in a singular way, illuminating embodied experiences in inter-subjective relationships in movement, sensation and time entwined.
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February 2016
Directorate of Prosthetics, Orthotics and Podiatry, School of Health Sciences, University of Salford, UK.
Background: Amputation is a life-changing event accompanied by challenges for the affected person with time-dependent depression often used to quantify its level of impact on their psychological well-being. There are varied factors that contribute to this and its persistence. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences over time of people with diabetes and/or peripheral vascular disease following an amputation and the impact on their psychological well-being.
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