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A multidisciplinary approach to assess recovery of consciousness in a patient with moyamoya disease

INTRODUCTION: Moyamoya disease (MMD) meaning “hazy puff of smoke” in Japanese is a rare chronic cerebrovascular syndrome characterized by progressive stenosis and occlusion of the internal carotid arteries (ICAs) anterior cerebral arteries (ACAs), and middle cerebral arteries (MCAs). METHODS: Our mo...

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Autores principales: Formica, Caterina, Corallo, Francesco, Morabito, Rosa, Allone, Cettina, De Salvo, Simona, Micchia, Katia, Corallo, Federica, Todaro, Antonino, Marino, Silvia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6520290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30953395
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.1241
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Moyamoya disease (MMD) meaning “hazy puff of smoke” in Japanese is a rare chronic cerebrovascular syndrome characterized by progressive stenosis and occlusion of the internal carotid arteries (ICAs) anterior cerebral arteries (ACAs), and middle cerebral arteries (MCAs). METHODS: Our moyamoya patient with severely impaired cognitive and motor functions underwent a specific motor and neuropsychological rehabilitative treatments to assess the recovery of consciousness. RESULTS: Results obtained showed an improvement of clinical and neuropsychological examination. These findings highlighted the importance of an intensive rehabilitation techniques used in the care of disorders of consciousness patients. CONCLUSIONS: The use of sensory methods provides advantages for the rehabilitation. In fact, in this study, we showed a correlation between sensory stimulation and changes in patient's clinical status.