hydrocephalus patients Ryo Oike1*, Yasuaki Inoue1, Yoshiaki Ota2 and Takatoshi Sorimachi3 Abstract Background A tap test is established as an evaluation method to indicate shunt surgery for hydrocephalus, espe- cially idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH)....
(2015), Improvement in executive subfunctions following cerebrospinal fluid tap test identifies idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus from its mimics. European Journal of Neurology. doi: 10.1111/ene.12779 Author Information 1 Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Neurology, Geneva University ...
Objectives: Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is an often underestimated cause of hypokinetic gait disorders in the elderly. Diagnosing NPH is a complex problem, since many symptoms overlap with other neurological diseases. The purpose of the present study was to characterize the gait pattern in ...
We investigated gait performance utilizing a quantitative gait analysis for 2 groups: (1) idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus (INPH) patients who had a positive response to the cerebrospinal fluid tap test (CSFTT) and (2) healthy controls. The aims of the study were (1) to analyze the c...
Why does the Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (iNPH) Radscale total score fail to predict locomotion improvement after the CSF tap test? How does the severity of symptoms correlate with the Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (iNPH) Radscale scores? How are smaller temporal horns associate...
Spinal fluid obtained from the lumbar puncture can be used to diagnose many important diseases such as bleeding around the brain; increased pressure from hydrocephalus; inflammation of the brain, spinal cord, or adjacent tissues (encephalitis, meningitis); tumors of the brain or spinal cord, etc....
Investigation and clinical applications of muscle strength change in cerebrospinal fluid tap test in cases of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: A r... Inves- tigation and clinical applications of muscle strength change in cerebrospinal fluid tap test in cases of idio- pathic normal pressure hy...
Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalusCSF tap testMultimodal MRIReversible dementiaPredictionCOGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTMRICONNECTIVITYBIOMARKERSDIAGNOSISOur negative findings show that short-term symptom reversal after tap test cannot be predicted from single gait, neuropsychological, or MRI parameters, thus supporting ...
Gait analysis pre/post tap-test to prognosticate shunt responsiveness in normal pressure hydrocephalusINTRODUCTION and AIM Gait disturbance is a very common and disabling symptom of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH), and it is often the first sign to appear. The other classical symptoms ...
Normal pressure hydrocephalus: Increase of utricular input in responders to spinal tap testB?ttcherN.BremovaT.FeilK.HeinzeC.SchnieppR.Clinical neurophysiology