Gestural Facilitation in Treatment of Apraxia of Speech

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 94-98
Author(s):  
Anastasia M. Raymer ◽  
Beth McHose ◽  
Kimberly Graham
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Review Literature ◽  
Cognitive System ◽  
Apraxia Of Speech ◽  
Recent Systematic Review ◽  
Training Paradigm ◽  
Limb Apraxia ◽  
Speech Treatment ◽  
Verbal Production

Purpose: Luria (1970) proposed the use of intersystemic reorganization to use an intact system to facilitate improvements in a damaged cognitive system. In this article, we review literature examining the effects of gesture as a modality to promote reorganization to improve verbal production in apraxia of speech and anomia. Methods: A gestural facilitation training paradigm is described and results of a recent systematic review of apraxia of speech treatment are reviewed. The interplay between apraxia of speech and anomia are considered in response to gestural facilitation training. Results & Conclusions: Gestural facilitation effects are strongest in individuals with moderate apraxia of speech. Several factors appear to mitigate the effects of gestural facilitation for verbal production, including severe apraxia of speech and semantic anomia. Severe limb apraxia, which often accompanies severe apraxia of speech, appears to be amenable to gestural treatment, providing improvements in gesture use for communication when verbal production gains are not evident.

scholarly journals Diagnosis of tuberculosis in wildlife: a systematic review

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jobin Thomas ◽  
Ana Balseiro ◽  
Christian Gortázar ◽  
María A. Risalde
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Diagnostic Tests ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Diagnostic Techniques ◽  
Review Literature ◽  
Meat Industry ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Serological Tests ◽  
Ongoing Research

AbstractAnimal tuberculosis (TB) is a multi-host disease caused by members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC). Due to its impact on economy, sanitary standards of milk and meat industry, public health and conservation, TB control is an actively ongoing research subject. Several wildlife species are involved in the maintenance and transmission of TB, so that new approaches to wildlife TB diagnosis have gained relevance in recent years. Diagnosis is a paramount step for screening, epidemiological investigation, as well as for ensuring the success of control strategies such as vaccination trials. This is the first review that systematically addresses data available for the diagnosis of TB in wildlife following the Preferred Reporting Items of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The article also gives an overview of the factors related to host, environment, sampling, and diagnostic techniques which can affect test performance. After three screenings, 124 articles were considered for systematic review. Literature indicates that post-mortem examination and culture are useful methods for disease surveillance, but immunological diagnostic tests based on cellular and humoral immune response detection are gaining importance in wildlife TB diagnosis. Among them, serological tests are especially useful in wildlife because they are relatively inexpensive and easy to perform, facilitate large-scale surveillance and can be used both ante- and post-mortem. Currently available studies assessed test performance mostly in cervids, European badgers, wild suids and wild bovids. Research to improve diagnostic tests for wildlife TB diagnosis is still needed in order to reach accurate, rapid and cost-effective diagnostic techniques adequate to a broad range of target species and consistent over space and time to allow proper disease monitoring.

scholarly journals Robot technology in dentistry, part one of a systematic review: literature characteristics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom C.T. van Riet ◽  
Kevin T.H. Chin Jen Sem ◽  
Jean-Pierre T.F. Ho ◽  
René Spijker ◽  
Jens Kober ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Review Literature ◽  
Robot Technology

scholarly journals Smartphone Applications for Encouraging Asthma Self-Management in Adolescents: A Systematic Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 2403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alaa Alquran ◽  
Katrina Lambert ◽  
Ambereen Farouque ◽  
Anne Holland ◽  
Janet Davies ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Asthma Control ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Review Literature ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Bibliographic Databases ◽  
Smartphone Apps ◽  
Study Designs ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Control Medication

Adolescent asthma is still a major problem with poor adherence to treatment. Globally, adolescents are devoted users of smartphone technologies and app use in asthma self-management may improve adherence. The objective of this systematic review is to assess the feasibility and efficacy of mobile technology in improving asthma outcomes in adolescents. We conducted an extensive review of the peer-review literature of studies with populations consisting of children and adolescents under 18 years in seven bibliographic databases and Google Scholar. All study designs were considered. Quality assessment of included studies were independently assessed and reported. The search identified 291 articles; of the 16 eligible full-text papers, 8 met the review criteria, reporting two interventional, two qualitative and four observational studies. Samples ranged from 12 to 21 participants. Heterogeneity related to study design and the methods of the included studies prevented meta-analysis. Nevertheless, the intervention studies reported a positive effect of smartphone apps on asthma control, medication adherence and self-efficacy. Smartphone apps may be an effective asthma control tool especially among adolescents who are major users of smartphones; however, conclusions are limited by a lack of controlled trials and adequate sample sizes.

scholarly journals Interventions to Reduce Adult Nursing Turnover: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Halter ◽  
Ferruccio Pelone ◽  
Olga Boiko ◽  
Carole Beighton ◽  
Ruth Harris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Review Literature ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Turnover Rates ◽  
Care Systems

Background: Nurse turnover is an issue of concern in health care systems internationally. Understanding which interventions are effective to reduce turnover rates is important to managers and health care organisations. Despite a plethora of reviews of such interventions, strength of evidence is hard to determine. Objective: We aimed to review literature on interventions to reduce turnover in nurses working in the adult health care services in developed economies. Method: We conducted an overview (systematic review of systematic reviews) using the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts, CINAHL plus and SCOPUS and forward searching. We included reviews published between 1990 and January 2015 in English. We carried out parallel blinded selection, extraction of data and assessment of bias, using the Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews. We carried out a narrative synthesis. Results: Despite the large body of published reviews, only seven reviews met the inclusion criteria. These provide moderate quality review evidence, albeit from poorly controlled primary studies. They provide evidence of effect of a small number of interventions which decrease turnover or increase retention of nurses, these being preceptorship of new graduates and leadership for group cohesion. Conclusion: We highlight that a large body of reviews does not equate with a large body of high quality evidence. Agreement as to the measures and terminology to be used together with well-designed, funded primary research to provide robust evidence for nurse and human resource managers to base their nurse retention strategies on is urgently required.

EP.TU.637To Resect or Not to Resect? Incidental Meckel’s Diverticulum at Colon Cancer Resection

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shashwat Mishra ◽  
Graham Martin ◽  
Ashim Chowdhury ◽  
Biju Aravind
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Loop Ileostomy ◽  
Meckel’S Diverticulum ◽  
Scoring Systems ◽  
Right Hemicolectomy ◽  
Meckel's Diverticulum ◽  
Elective Resection ◽  
Recent Systematic Review ◽  
Cancer Resection ◽  
Colon Cancer Resection

Abstract Case An 85-year-old man underwent elective resection for a large proximal transverse colon tumour. At the time of this open extended right hemicolectomy, a Meckel’s diverticulum was identified in the ileum, but not resected considering the age and character of the diverticulum. However, on the sixth post-operative day, he developed small bowel obstructive symptoms which required a reoperation. It was found that the cause of obstruction was identified as a long pedunculated Meckel’s diverticulum wrapped 15 centimetres proximal to the anastomosis. Considering the general condition of the patient and co-morbidities, resection of the Meckel’s diverticulum and loop ileostomy was performed. The patient has now recovered and is being followed up in the community awaiting stoma reversal. Background Occurring in 2% of the population, Meckel’s diverticulum is the most common congenital gastrointestinal malformation. Complications of a Meckel’s diverticulum include obstruction, haemorrhage, perforation, diverticulitis and intussusception. Most complications manifest in childhood and are less likely to occur in adults. The indication for resection of incidental Meckel’s diverticula in an adults is still debated amongst surgeons. Discussion and Conclusion This case demonstrates an unfortunate scenario of a post-operative complication from an abnormality detected at the time of the index surgery. A recent systematic review has shown that evidence in literature remains controversial for resection in asymptomatic Meckel’s Diverticulum. There are even scoring systems to facilitate decisions in such situations. This case offers an interesting perspective where morbidity may have been reduced if resection was undertaken.

A Recent Systematic Review on Simulation Modeling and Emergency Departments

2019 ◽  
pp. 1232-1264
Author(s):  
Soraia Oueida ◽  
Seifedine Kadry ◽  
Pierre Abi Char
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Emergency Department ◽  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Simulation Modeling ◽  
Recommended Care ◽  
Recent Systematic Review ◽  
Increase Patient Satisfaction ◽  
System Review

Healthcare, being a complex and huge system, suffers from low quality of care delivered to arriving patients. The quality of care depends on the patient's condition and the availability of hospital's resources. Therefore, many authors have studied the problems faced by such systems and emphasized in their articles the importance of a system review for better performance. In healthcare, different departments interact with each other in order to deliver a certain service to arriving patients and provide the recommended care. In particular, the emergency department (ED) is proven to be the busiest unit of the hospital; thus, the exiting problems and recommended solutions are highlighted in this study by a literature systematic review. The main goal of this article is to study the problems that EDs face nowadays and how simulation modeling can interfere in order to alleviate these problems, propose corresponding solutions and increase patient satisfaction.

Combined aphasia and apraxia of speech treatment (CAAST): Systematic replications in the development of a novel treatment

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie L. Wambaugh ◽  
Sandra Wright ◽  
Shannon C. Mauszycki ◽  
Christina Nessler ◽  
Dallin Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Apraxia Of Speech ◽  
Novel Treatment ◽  
Speech Treatment

scholarly journals What Does Urban Transformation Look Like? Findings from a Global Prize Competition

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 4653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Maassen ◽  
Madeleine Galvin
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Epistemic Community ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Recent Systematic Review ◽  
The World ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Prize Competition ◽  
Recent Initiative ◽  
Over Time

Different disciplines are grappling with the concept of ‘urban transformation’ reflecting its planetary importance and urgency. A recent systematic review traces the emergence of a normative epistemic community that is concerned with helping make sustainable urban transformation a reality. Our contribution to this growing body of work springs out of a recent initiative at the World Resources Institute, namely, the WRI Ross Prize for Cities, a global award for transformative projects that have ignited sustainable changes in their city. In this paper we explain the competition-based approach that was used to source transformative initiatives and relate our findings to existing currents in urban transformation scholarship and key debates. We focus on one of the questions at the heart of the normative urban transformation agenda: what does urban transformation look like in practice? Based on an analysis of the five finalists, we describe urban transformation as encompassing a plurality of contextual and relative changes, which may progress and accelerate positively, or regress over time. An evaluative approach that considers varying ‘degrees’ and ‘types’ of urban transformation is proposed to establish meaning within single cases and across several cases of urban transformation.

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