scholarly journals Perspective of application of nonlinear stimulation therapy in the treatment of traumatic brain injuries and maintenance of cognitive functions in the elderly

2018 ◽  
pp. 36-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. V. Zueva
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Brain Injuries ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Traumatic Brain Injuries ◽  
Sensory Stimuli ◽  
Optical Signals ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Neurodegenerative Pathology ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Stimulation Of

Cognitive decline characterizes normal physiological aging and is aggravated by the development of age-related neurodegenerative pathology and traumatic brain damage (TBI). Te review analyzes widely discussed in the scientifc literature non-drug methods of rehabilitation of patients with TBI and elderly people suffering from cognitive decline, including the paradigm of enrichment of the environment, cognitive and physical training and various types of stimulation therapy and their shortcomings. Special attention is paid to the advantages of fractal stimulation of the brain by complex-structured optical signals and sensory stimuli of another modality. It is assumed that the use of new approaches to neurorehabilitation, which increase the potential of neuroplasticity will also allow strengthening the therapeutic and learning impacts of any other methods of training and treating the brain.

Severe traumatic brain injuries in the elderly

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Syrmos ◽  
Ch. Iliadis ◽  
V. Valadakis ◽  
K. Grigoriou ◽  
K. Paltatzidou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injuries ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Traumatic Brain Injuries

scholarly journals Evaluation of Common Concussion Tools Used in a Sport’s Setting

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 24-31
Author(s):  
Brady Armitage ◽  
B. Sue Graves
Keyword(s):  
Sports Medicine ◽  
Diagnostic Procedure ◽  
Brain Injuries ◽  
Traumatic Brain Injuries ◽  
Diagnostic Tools ◽  
Mechanism Of Injury ◽  
Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries ◽  
The Brain

Sports medicine advancements are continuously evolving allowing professionals to utilize tools to provide for their athletes’ care. These tools have allowed clinicians to better diagnose and determine the extent of an athlete’s injury. Over the last 20 years, an emphasis has been placed on mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) and/or concussions. This focus on mTBI and concussions has led to an understanding of the mechanism of injury (MOI), development of grading/severity scales of injury, and diagnostic tools for properly assessing an athlete suffering from an injury to the brain. Clinicians understanding of concussion has excelled in recent years, but with advancement in technologies and diagnostic tools, all professionals need to understand the importance of incorporating tools into the diagnostic procedure. Thus, the purpose of this review is to evaluate common tools in practice, as well as newer tools, that could be utilized by sports medicine professionals.

Neuromuscular adaptations to healthy aging

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (11) ◽  
pp. 1158-1165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris J. McNeil ◽  
Charles L. Rice
Keyword(s):  
Daily Living ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Neuromuscular System ◽  
Healthy Humans ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Physiological Adaptations ◽  
Neuromuscular Adaptations ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Stimulation Of

Even in the absence of disease or disability, aging is associated with marked physiological adaptations within the neuromuscular system. An ability to perform activities of daily living and maintain independence with advanced age is reliant on the health of the neuromuscular system. Hence, it is critical to elucidate the age-related adaptations that occur within the central nervous system and the associated muscles to design interventions to maintain or improve neuromuscular function in the elderly. This brief review focuses on the neural alterations observed at both spinal and supraspinal levels in healthy humans in their seventh decade and beyond. The topics addressed are motor unit loss and remodelling, neural drive, and responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex.

Cognition in Ageing

2018 ◽  
pp. 118-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susmita Halder ◽  
Akash Kumar Mahato
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Daily Functioning ◽  
Cognitive Changes ◽  
Geriatric Population ◽  
Medical Issues ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Growing Age ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Brain

This chapter focuses on cognitive functions and impairment in the elderly; its implications in daily functioning with inputs on differences in the existing literature. The chapter further focuses on the diagnostic and assessment issues and intervention strategies. Ageing is an inevitable phase of life and encompasses changes in physical, psychological and social realms of an individual. Concern with the dwindling health and presence of any medical issues make the geriatric population prone to develop mental health conditions. Poor memory and reduced functional ability is one of the common complaints from older adults coming to psychiatric or neurology clinics. Cognitive functions have been well documented regarding their role in daily functioning of an individual. With growing age of the brain; while some cognitive functions do slow down; some of the functions do evolve better with experience. In this context, it is important to differentiate between normal age related cognitive changes and symptoms of any degenerative disease.

Aging

2019 ◽  
pp. 105-112
Author(s):  
Risto Näätänen ◽  
Teija Kujala ◽  
Gregory Light
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Speech Perception ◽  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Temporal Processing ◽  
Brain Aging ◽  
Brain Plasticity ◽  
Part Of Speech ◽  
Memory Traces ◽  
Age Related ◽  
The Brain

This chapter shows that MMN and its magnetoencephalographic (MEG) equivalent MMNm are sensitive indices of aging-related perceptual and cognitive decline. Importantly, the age-related neural changes are associated with a decrease of general brain plasticity, i.e. that of the ability of the brain to form and maintain sensory-memory traces, a necessary basis for veridical perception and appropriate cognitive brain function. MMN/MMNm to change in stimulus duration is particularly affected by aging, suggesting the increased vulnerability of temporal processing to brain aging and accounting, for instance, for a large part of speech-perception difficulties of the aged beyond the age-related peripheral hearing loss.

scholarly journals Improving Dignity of Care in Community-Dwelling Elderly Patients with Cognitive Decline and Their Caregivers. The Role of Dignity Therapy

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 178
Author(s):  
Heifa Ounalli ◽  
David Mamo ◽  
Ines Testoni ◽  
Martino Belvederi Murri ◽  
Rosangela Caruso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Psychosocial Interventions ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Anticipatory Grief ◽  
Dignity Therapy ◽  
Existential Distress ◽  
Age Related

Demographic changes have placed age-related mental health disorders at the forefront of public health challenges over the next three decades worldwide. Within the context of cognitive impairment and neurocognitive disorders among elderly people, the fragmentation of the self is associated with existential suffering, loss of meaning and dignity for the patient, as well as with a significant burden for the caregiver. Psychosocial interventions are part of a person-centered approach to cognitive impairment (including early stage dementia and dementia). Dignity therapy (DT) is a therapeutic intervention that has been shown to be effective in reducing existential distress, mood, and anxiety symptoms and improving dignity in persons with cancer and other terminal conditions in palliative care settings. The aims of this paper were: (i) To briefly summarize key issues and challenges related to care in gerontology considering specifically frail elderly/elderly with cognitive decline and their caregivers; and (ii) to provide a narrative review of the recent knowledge and evidence on DT in the elderly population with cognitive impairment. We searched the electronic data base (CINAHL, SCOPUS, PSycInfo, and PubMed studies) for studies regarding the application of DT in the elderly. Additionally, given the caregiver’s role as a custodian of diachronic unity of the cared-for and the need to help caregivers to cope with their own existential distress and anticipatory grief, we also propose a DT-dyadic approach addressing the needs of the family as a whole.

scholarly journals Zpráva o grantovém projektu Emoční kreativita a kognitivní deficity u seniorů

E-psychologie ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-95
Author(s):  
Radek Trnka ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Emotional Life ◽  
Psychosocial Studies ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Age Related Cognitive Decline ◽  
The Relationship

This report summarizes the main outputs of the finished grant project „Emotional creativity and cognitive decline in the elderly“ (GA ČR 18–26094S), conducted at the Prague College of Psychosocial Studies between the years 2018 and 2020. The main goal of this project was to explore the relationship between emotional creativity, defined as a set of cognitive abilities and personality traits related to the originality of emotional experience, and age-related cognitive impairments in older adults. The results of this project showed that age and age-related cognitive decline influence how people creatively think about their own, as well as other peoples’, emotions. This project produced empirical evidence showing that cognitive decline reduces not only creativity in problem solving, but also reduces the creativity that is closely related to the emotional life of older people. More importantly, the published preliminary study on patients in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease also indicates that emotional creativity could become another diagnostic tool for unveiling the early stages of neurodegenerative diseases in the elderly.

scholarly journals RheoSens; RheoPatch

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tariq H. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Cerebral Blood Flow ◽  
Intracranial Pressure ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Brain Injuries ◽  
Tissue Oxygenation ◽  
Traumatic Brain Injuries ◽  
Invasive Device ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Minimally Invasive Device

Rheo Probe is a minimally invasive device, implanted in the brain matter for patients in a coma following brain haemorrage or traumatic brain injuries to measure cerebral blood flow, intracranial pressure, temperature and oxygenation parameters. Nearinfrared sensors assess levels of tissue oxygenation as well as cerebral blood flow by measuring oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin based on spectrometry.

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