3 results match your criteria: "Division of Functional Neurosurgery and Tourette Center[Affiliation]"
Quantitative gait analysis in patients with Parkinson treated with deep brain stimulation: the effects of a robotic gait training.
NeuroRehabilitation
July 2015
Division of Functional Neurosurgery and Tourette Center, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milano, Italia.
Article Synopsis
- Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is effective for Parkinson's Disease symptoms but has less clear benefits for walking impairments, prompting exploration of Robotic-Assisted Rehabilitation Protocols (RARP) as a potential supplement for physical therapy.
- A study involving 9 DBS-treated Parkinson's patients assessed the impact of a 5-week RARP using three-dimensional gait analysis before and after the intervention.
- Results indicated that RARP significantly improved spatio-temporal gait parameters and motor scores, suggesting its potential as an adjunct therapy for gait issues in DBS-treated patients, although kinematic and kinetic parameters showed no significant improvement.
Tourette syndrome (TS) bears a higher rate of inflammatory complications at the implanted hardware in deep brain stimulation (DBS).
Acta Neurochir (Wien)
March 2011
Division of Functional Neurosurgery and Tourette Center, IRCCS Galeazzi Institute, via R. Galeazzi 4, 20161, Milan, Italy.
Article Synopsis
- Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is widely used for movement disorders, but complications and side effects have been observed, particularly as its application expands to new conditions like Tourette syndrome (TS).
- Research aims to evaluate hardware failures and infection rates in relation to DBS indications, highlighting potential risks associated with TS treatment.
- Findings reveal a significant link between TS and increased risk of infective complications, suggesting that we must consider the unique characteristics of TS patients when recommending DBS.
The impact of technological advances in neurosurgery: historical perspectives and new developments.
Funct Neurol
October 2010
Division of Functional Neurosurgery and Tourette Center, IRCCS R. Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy.
Technological advances have driven diagnostic and therapeutic improvements in the field of neurosurgery. The basic concepts underlying some of the most significant medical advances originated from specific needs in the management of neurosurgical disorders. The authors look at the historical background of modern neurosurgery and, in view of the evolution of the mechanical and computerised devices now considered the gold standard in the different branches of neurosurgery (trauma, oncological, vascular and functional), consider the possible future scenario in this field.
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