Essays about: "Deep Brain Stimulation"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 18 essays containing the words Deep Brain Stimulation.

1. 11. Ethical Issues in the Decision Making Process of Paediatric Deep Brain Stimulation

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

   Author : David Lyreskog; [2014]
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   Abstract : Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) är en form av behandlingsmetod där elektroder implanteras i patientens hjärna, och där sedan en svag ström skickas via elektroderna till utvalda delar av hjärnan för att kompensera för neurologisk dysfunktion. Denna behandlingsmetod används främst för motoriska sjukdomar såsom Parkinsons sjukdom och dystoni, men har på senare år även börjat användas för att behandla vissa psykiatriska sjukdomar såsom Tourettes syndrom, depression och OCD-störningar. READ MORE

3. 12. Realization of Fricatives in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease Treated with Deep Brain Stimulation in the Subthalamic Nucleus or the Caudal Zona Incerta

   University essay from Logopedi

   Author : Elisabeth Eklund; Lena Sandström; [2013]
   Keywords : Parkinson’s disease; deep brain stimulation; subthalamic nucleus; caudal zona incerta; dysarthria; articulation; fricatives;

   Abstract : Background In advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD) the motor symptoms can be treated with deep brain stimulation (DBS). Subthalamic nucleus (STN) has been the most common target and caudal zona incerta (cZi) is a more recent target for stimulation. READ MORE

4. 13. SIV-Speech clarity, Intelligibility & Voice : Development of a speech assessment tool for use by healthprofessionals who work with patients treated with DeepBrain Stimulation

   University essay from Logopedi

   Author : Annie Ahlinder; Julia Labba; [2013]
   Keywords : Deep Brain Stimulation; perceptual assessment; speech voice impairment; Deep Brain Stimulation; perceptuell bedömning; tal röstnedsättning;

   Abstract : Background: Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Essential tremor (ET) who havebeen treated with Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) generally experience a positive effect,particularly regarding the motor symptoms. However, the patients’ communication skillsare often negatively affected and the assessment instrument currently used withinneurological clinical care is not sufficiently sensitive to assess these patients’ speechclarity, voice and intelligibility satisfactorily. READ MORE

5. 14. Deep brain stimulation of subthalamic nucleus and caudal zona incerta in patients with Parkinson’s disease: A perceptual study of effects on articulatory precision

   University essay from Logopedi

   Author : Fanny Lundgren; Johanna Qvist; [2013]
   Keywords : Articulatory precision; Parkinson’s disease; DBS; STN; cZi;

   Abstract : Abstract Background Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a viable surgical treatment method for Parkinson’s disease (PD). It has positive effects on the classical motor symptoms, but effects on speech and voice are not equally beneficial. READ MORE

6. 15. Finite Element Method Modelling and Simulations for Comparisonbetween Deep Brain Stimulation Electrodes

   University essay from Institutionen för medicinsk teknik; Tekniska högskolan

   Author : Fabiola Alonso Orozco; [2012]
   Keywords : Deep Brain Stimulation; Finite Element Methode modelling and simulation; current and voltage controlled stimulation electrodes.;

   Abstract : The Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is an invasive therapy that alleviates the symptoms of several neurological disorders by electrically stimulating specific regions of the brain, generally within the basal ganglia. Until now Medtronic DBS system is the only approved by the Food and Drug Administration, nevertheless European and Australian countries  have recently approved St. READ MORE