12 results match your criteria: "Department of Clinical Neurosciences University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada.[Affiliation]"
Background The prognostic utility of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging, including strain analysis and tissue characterization, has not been comprehensively investigated in adult patients with muscular dystrophy. Methods and Results We prospectively enrolled 148 patients with dystrophinopathies (including heterozygotes), limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, and type 1 myotonic dystrophy (median age, 36.0 [interquartile range, 23.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHave We Forgotten What Tics Are? A Re-Exploration of Tic Phenomenology in Youth with Primary Tics.
Mov Disord Clin Pract
May 2023
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Community Health Sciences University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada.
Background: The first systematic description of tics in a large sample was in 1978.
Objectives: To assess the phenomenology of tics in youth and investigate how age and sex influence tic phenomenology.
Methods: Children and adolescents with primary tic disorders have been prospectively included in our Registry in Calgary, Canada, since 2017.
Transition Services for Children and Young Adults with Movement Disorders: A Survey by the MDS Task Force on Pediatrics.
Mov Disord Clin Pract
October 2022
Movement Disorders Unit, Department of Neurology Westmead Hospital Sydney New South Wales Australia.
Article Synopsis
- The Movement Disorders Society (MDS) Task Force on Pediatrics surveyed transition services for young adults with movement disorders due to limited existing data.
- The online survey, sent to MDS members, gathered information on service structure, location, and key issues discussed in transition clinics.
- Results showed 252 members from 67 countries participated, with 59% offering transition clinics, highlighting trends in patient age, staffing, and common medical/social concerns.
A pragmatic dementia risk score for patients with mild cognitive impairment in a memory clinic population: Development and validation of a dementia risk score using routinely collected data.
Alzheimers Dement (N Y)
May 2022
Department of Clinical Neurosciences University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada.
Introduction: This study aimed to develop and validate a 3-year dementia risk score in individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) based on variables collected in routine clinical care.
Methods: The prediction score was trained and developed using data from the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC). Selection criteria included aged 55 years and older with MCI.
Surgical Management of Parkinson's Disease in the Elderly.
Mov Disord Clin Pract
May 2021
Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease and Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Clinic, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, Division of Neurology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada.
Background: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is an increasingly popular therapy for Parkinson's Disease (PD). Despite the experience gained over time with DBS of either the subthalamus or the globus pallidus pars interna, there is still no consensus regarding the age limit for DBS indication.
Objectives: This narrative review of the literature discusses the issues of age and DBS, emphasizing the critical need for good quality evidence to support the surgical management of elderly patients with PD.
Canadian Consensus Conference on Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia (CCCDTD)5: Guidelines for management of vascular cognitive impairment.
Alzheimers Dement (N Y)
November 2020
Introduction: Vascular disease is a common cause of dementia, and often coexists with other brain pathologies such as Alzheimer's disease to cause mixed dementia. Many of the risk factors for vascular disease are treatable. Our objective was to review evidence for diagnosis and treatment of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) to issue recommendations to clinicians.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntermittent Intraputamenal Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Parkinson's Disease: Seeking the Path to Neurorestoration.
Mov Disord Clin Pract
April 2019
Movement Disorders Program, Department of Clinical Neurosciences University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada.
Background: Changes in medical education may limit opportunities for trainees to gain proficiency in surgical skills. Transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) can augment motor skill learning and may enhance surgical procedural skill acquisition. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of tDCS on simulation-based laparoscopic surgical skill acquisition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Involvement of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been reported and is increasingly recognized as an important pathophysiological aspect. The relationship between decrement and clinical measures for possible application as a biomarker has not been comprehensively explored.
Methods: We performed routine repetitive nerve stimulation (RNS) of three nerves on patients with ALS.
Background: Primary tic disorders, notably Tourette syndrome, are very common movement disorders in childhood. However, the management of such patients still poses great therapeutic challenges to medical professionals.
Methods: Based on a synthesis of the available guidelines published in Europe, Canada, and the United States, coupled with more recent therapeutic developments, the authors provide a pragmatic guide to aid clinicians in deciding when and how to treat patients who have primary tic disorders.