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1. Quality of Life and Psychological Well-Being in GH-Treated, Adult PWS Patients: A Longitudinal Study

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Bertella, L., Mori, I., and Grugni, G.

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Background: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a congenital alteration of chromosome pair 15. It is characterized by short stature, muscular hypotonia, hyperphagia, obesity, behavioural and emotional disturbances, hypogonadism and partial Growth Hormone (GH) deficiency. The aim of this study was to assess the long-term effect of GH treatment on the psychological well-being and Quality of Life (QoL) in an adult PWS group. Methods: A total of 13 PWS patients, their diagnosis confirmed by genetic tests, and their parents were recruited for this study. The participants were administered the 36-Items Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) and the Psychological General Well-Being Index (PGWBI), for the assessment of QoL and psychological well-being, at the beginning of GH treatment, and at following intervals of 6, 12 and 24 months. Modified versions of the same questionnaires were given to the parents. Results: Significant improvement with respect to the baseline was found, on both scales, in the evaluation of both physical and psychological well-being, although the parents evaluation was less optimistic than that of the patients. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the amelioration of QoL and psychological status is sustained in patients who continue GH treatment.

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2007
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2. Mathematical Skills in Prader-Willi Syndrome

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Bertella, L., Girelli, L., and Grugni, G.

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This paper investigates mathematical skills in Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS), a pathological condition because of congenital alterations of chromosome pair 15. The following questions were addressed: (1) Are mathematical skills in PWS relatively more impaired with respect to other cognitive functions (as has been repeatedly but anecdotally reported)?; and (2) What is the nature of the mathematical impairment? The first study employed the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and an extensive battery of cognitive tasks for which norms are known. Both batteries include a mathematical section. The second study used a theoretically motivated series of mathematical tasks specifically designed to individually assess the different cognitive components underlying mathematical skills. Mathematical skills were found to be the most impaired cognitive abilities together with short-term memory capacity. No specific mathematical domain was seen to be unaffected in PWS participants. The clearest deficits observed concern syntactic processes in number transcoding, multiplication, number facts retrieval and calculation procedures. Failure of mathematical skills is the most distinctive feature in the cognitive profile of PWS. However, to determine whether this is indeed a specific pattern of performance related to PWS, results must be compared with those obtained with patients manifesting other genetic disorders.

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2005
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4. Acknowledgement to reviewers of social sciences in 2019

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Abbas, A., Abel, G., Abreu, A., Adam, A., Adamek, M., Adiletta, G., Adusei-asante, K.A., Romeo, M.D.M., Alderson, A., Alfaro, E., Aliverti, A., Almeida, Fernando, Álvarez-gonzález, L.I., Amelina, A., Anand, C., Anderson, G., Andreasson, J., Ang, I., Aragon, J., Arcidiacono, C., Arcuri, S., Assante, D., Atukeren, E., Avery, H., Ayeb-karlsson, S., Azadi, H., Bachman, R., Bader, M., Badulescu, A., Bahmanteymouri, E., Baines, S., Baker, T., Baker‐beall, C., Bañón, L., Bar‐am, N., Barbier‐greenland, K., Barnett, R., Barragán‐escandón, A., Barreto, A.M., Barrett, E., Bartkowski, J., Bartram, R., Bartzas, G., Bates, D., Baviera‐puig, A., Bayley, A., Beazley, H., Beer, C., Behr, H., Beier, G., Belford, N., Bencivenga, R., Benli, A.E., Benton‐short, L., Berei, J.M., Berbel‐pineda, E., Bernstein, Berntzen, E.R., Bertella, L., Birney, G., Bittle, M., Black, S., Rivero, L.B., Blattner, J.J., Blok, C., Blount, A., Boas, Y., Bockarie, I., Bockerman, A., Bodén, P., Bönisch‐brednich, L., Bontje, B., 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2020

8. The Stomatognathic System's Role in the Postural Stabilization in Subjects Suffering from Whiplash Injury Part 1: Patients with Physiological Occlusion

Author

Giacomello, MS, Bertella, L, Perego, S, Zorzella, P, CACCIANIGA, GIANLUIGI, Giacomello, M, Bertella, L, Perego, S, Zorzella, P, and Caccianiga, G

Subjects
lcsh:R, Immunology, lcsh:Medicine, Immunology and Allergy, MED/28 - MALATTIE ODONTOSTOMATOLOGICHE, posture, whiplash, dental occlusion, malocclusion, tmj disorders
Abstract

Aim of this study is analyze the effects of dental occlusion on postural stability in patients with previous whiplash and normal occlusion. Materials and methods: 36 adult patients with previous whiplash and normal occlusion (good alignment, 1st class or mild 2nd class deep bite for mandibular retrusion) were selected. The patients were suffering from masticatory muscles pain caused by clenching during sleep. Exclusion criteria: use of psych drugs. To simulate the conditions of sleep (with a reduction of proprio-and esteroceptive inputs for postural management performed by CNS), we used postural Romberg analysis (feet together, closed eyes)on stabilometric platform changing occlusal parameters only, under the following conditions: 1) in occlusal rest position, 2) in centric occlusion, 3) in clenching, 4) with occlusal disengage with cotton rolls and 5) in clenching on cotton rolls. Time of each test: 15 seconds. It was performed a statistical analysis with T-test comparing between them the mean of all tests. Results: stabilometry data (postural ball and ellipse) show better postural performances in centric occlusion and clenching in centric occlusion, and a worsening in all tests with occlusal disengage (with statistically significant difference - p

Published
2012

17. A dedicated neural mechanism for vowel selection: A case of relative vowel deficit sparing the number lexicon

Author

Semenza C, Bencini GML, Bertella L, Moric I, Pignattia R, Cerianic F, Cherrick D, and Magno Caldognetto E

Subjects
CONSONANTS, APHASIA, VOWEL PRODUCTION, VOWELS
Abstract

We report the case of an Italian speaker (GBC), with classical Wernicke’s aphasia following a vascular lesion in the posterior middle temporal region. GBC exhibited a selective deficit in spoken language production affecting vowels more than consonants. In reading from a newspaper, GBC substituted vowels for other vowels from the Italian inventory at a rate of 7/1 compared to consonants. No effects of frequency or grammatical class were found. Vowel errors could also not be accounted for by morphological or known phonological processes. Production of number words, in contrast, was free from phonological errors. While GBC has intact representations of Italian vowels and consonants, his data argue for a separate selection mechanism for vowels that is dissociable from that used for consonants. This case provides neuropsychological evidence for models of word production that distinguish between the abstract phonological properties of a word (e.g., sequencing of phonemic slots, or “CV skeleton”) and a separate representation for the specific sounds (melody). © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Published
2007

19. Exploring Patterns of Unwanted Behaviours in Adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome

Author

Pignatti, R, Mori, I, Bertella, L, Grugni, G, Giardino, D, Molinari, Enrico, Molinari, Enrico (ORCID:0000-0001-8132-694X), Pignatti, R, Mori, I, Bertella, L, Grugni, G, Giardino, D, Molinari, Enrico, and Molinari, Enrico (ORCID:0000-0001-8132-694X)

Abstract

Obsessive-compulsive (O-C) traits, and excessive food intake are well known behavioural manifestations among individuals with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS). Other unwanted behaviours are also frequently observed, but they need a more specific investigation, especially in the adult population. METHODS: The behaviour of 31 PWS adults was investigated via the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R), the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale Symptom Checklist (Y-BOCS-SC), and the Prader-Willi Behavioural Checklist (PBC). The PBC is a quick screening questionnaire prompted specifically for the investigation on adults with PWS. RESULTS: Statistical clustering revealed two patterns of unwanted behaviours from the PBC. Behaviours belonging to the first cluster (e.g., Excessive food intake, Skin picking) appear to be linked to the usual phenotypic manifestation of PWS. By contrast, many other behaviours (e.g., some O-C symptoms and aggressive actions) could show a relationship also to individual psychopathologies. CONCLUSIONS: Both internal (Anxiety and Depression) and external (Hostility) difficulties in managing impulses should account for individually distinct behaviours in adults with PWS.

Published
2013

22. The stomatognathic system’s role in the postural stabilization in subjects suffering from whiplash injury. Part 2: patients with malocclusion

Author

Giacomello, M, Bertella, L, Perego, S, Zorzella, P, Caccianiga, G, Giacomello, MS, CACCIANIGA, GIANLUIGI, Giacomello, M, Bertella, L, Perego, S, Zorzella, P, Caccianiga, G, Giacomello, MS, and CACCIANIGA, GIANLUIGI

Abstract

Aim of this study is analyze the effects of dental occlusion on postural stability in patients with previous whiplash and malocclusion. Materials and methods: 30 adult patients with previous whiplash and malocclusion (crossbite, mandibular shift, bad alignment, edentulous spaees) were selected. The patients were suffering from masticatory muscles pain caused by clenching during sleep. Exclusion criteria: use of psych drugs. To simulate the conditions of sleep (with a reduction of proprio- and esteroceptive inputs for postural management performed by CNS), we used postural Romberg analysis (feet together, closed eyes) on stabilometric platform changing occlusal parameters only, under the following conditions: 1) in occlusal rest position, 2) in centric occlusion, 3) in clenching, 4) with occlusal disengage with cotton rolls and 5) in clenching on cotton rolls. Time of each test: 15 seconds. It was performed a statistical analysis with T-test comparing between them the mean of all tests. Results: stabilometry data (postural ball and ellipse) show better postural with occlusal disengage {in centric and in clenching), and a worsening in all tests with centric occlusion (with statistically significant difference - p<0.05). Conclusions: postural instability caused by whiplash increases muscles tone and dental clenching as compensatory effects, with onset of facial pain and a worsening of TMJ health in subjects with malocclusion. An occlusal disengage (like an occlusal splint to reduce clenching) induces better postural performances. Sostomatognathic system becomes a source of postural dysfunction and a cause of postural worsening

Published
2012

23. The stomatognathic system's role in the postural stabilization in subjects suffering from whiplash injury. Part 1: patients with physiological occlusion

Author

Giacomello, M, Bertella, L, Perego, S, Zorzella, P, Caccianiga, G, Giacomello, MS, CACCIANIGA, GIANLUIGI, Giacomello, M, Bertella, L, Perego, S, Zorzella, P, Caccianiga, G, Giacomello, MS, and CACCIANIGA, GIANLUIGI

Abstract

Aim of this study is analyze the effects of dental occlusion on postural stability in patients with previous whiplash and normal occlusion. Materials and methods: 36 adult patients with previous whiplash and normal occlusion (good alignment, 1st class or mild 2nd class deep bite for mandibular retrusion) were selected. The patients were suffering from masticatory muscles pain caused by clenching during sleep. Exclusion criteria: use of psych drugs. To simulate the conditions of sleep (with a reduction of proprio- and esteroceptive inputs for postural management performed by CNS), we used postural Romberg analysis (feet together, closed eyes)on stabilometric platform changing occlusal parameters only,under the following conditions: 1) in occlusal rest position, 2) in centric occlusion, 3) in clenching, 4) with occlusal disengage with cotton rolls and 5) in clenching on cotton rolls. Time of each test: 15 seconds. It was performed a statistical analysis with T-test comparing between them the mean of all tests. Results: stabilometry data (postural ball and ellipse) show better postural performances in centric occlusion and clenching in centric occlusion, and a worsening in all tests with occlusal disengage (with statistically significant difference - p<0.05). Conclusions: postural instability caused by whiplash increases muscles tone and dental clenching as compensatory effects, with onset of facial pain. An occlusal disengage (like an occlusal splint to reduce clenching)induces a postural worsening in patients with normal occlusion, while centricocclusion increases the stability. These results suggest that stomatognathic organ has a new physiological function: the posture stabilization

Published
2012

26. Noun verb dissociation in Parkinson's disease

Author

Bertella, L., Albani, G., Greco, E., Priano, L., Alessandro Mauro, Marchi, S., Bulla, D., and Semenza, C.

Subjects
Adult, Male, Language Disorders, Humans, Female, Parkinson Disease, Neuropsychological Tests, Cognition Disorders, Severity of Illness Index
Abstract

A noun/verb dissociation with a relative verb deficit was found in patients affected by Parkinson's disease, even in relatively early stages, when mental deterioration is not severe. This finding is compatible with earlier observations, according to which verbs are dealt with in more anterior regions with respect to nouns. It also supports the speculation that the co-ordination and the manipulation of information associated with a verb world rely on the frontostriatal system.

27. The Stomatognathic System's Role in the Postural Stabilization in Subjects Suffering from Whiplash Injury. Part 2: Patients with Malocclusion

Author

Gianluigi Caccianiga, P. Zorzella, S. Perego, M.S. Giacomello, L. Bertella, Giacomello, M, Bertella, L, Perego, S, Zorzella, P, and Caccianiga, G

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, TMJ disorders, business.industry, Dental occlusion, Immunology, lcsh:R, lcsh:Medicine, MED/28 - MALATTIE ODONTOSTOMATOLOGICHE, medicine.disease, Masticatory force, Whiplash injury, Stomatognathic system, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, posture, whiplash, dental occlusion, TMJ disorders, Occlusion, medicine, Whiplash, Immunology and Allergy, Malocclusion, business
Abstract

Aim of this study is analyze the effects of dental occlusion on postural stability in patients with previous whiplash and malocclusion. Materials and methods: 30 adult patients with previous whiplash and malocclusion (crossbite, mandibular shift, bad alignment, edentulous spaces) were selected. The patients were suffering from masticatory muscles pain caused by clenching during sleep. Exclusion criteria: use of psych drugs. To simulate the conditions of sleep (with a reduction of proprio- and esteroceptive inputs for postural management performed by CNS), we used postural Romberg analysis (feet together, closed eyes) on stabilometric platform changing occlusal parameters only, under the following conditions: 1) in occlusal rest position, 2) in centric occlusion, 3) in clenching, 4) with occlusal disengage with cotton rolls and 5) in clenching on cotton rolls. Time of each test: 15 seconds. It was performed a statistical analysis with T-test comparing between them the mean of all tests. Results: stabilometry data (postural ball and ellipse) show better postural with occlusal disengage (in centric and in clenching), and a worsening in all tests with centric occlusion (with statistically significant difference - p

Published
2012

28. A Dedicated Neural Mechanism for Vowel Selection: A Case of Relative Vowel Deficit Sparing the Number Lexicon

Author

Ileana Mori, Danielle Cherrick, Carlo Semenza, Francesca Ceriani, Riccardo Pignatti, Laura Bertella, Giulia Bencini, Emanuela Magno Caldognetto, Semenza, Carlo, Bencini, G, Bertella, L, Mori, I, Pignatti, R, Ceriani, C, and Cherrick, D. AND MAGNO CALDOGNETTO E.

Subjects
Male, Consonant, neurolinguistics, vowels and consonants, phonological representations, aphasia, language production, reading aloud, Cognitive Neuroscience, Decision Making, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Neuropsychological Tests, Lexicon, Settore L-LIN/01 - Glottologia e Linguistica, Behavioral Neuroscience, Discrimination, Psychological, Aphasia, Wernicke, Aphasia, Vowel, medicine, Humans, Speech, Language disorder, Psycholinguistics, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Temporal Lobe, Linguistics, Settore M-PSI/02 - Psicobiologia e Psicologia Fisiologica, Reading, Phonological rule, Ischemic Attack, Transient, Mid vowel, medicine.symptom, Psychology, Psychomotor Performance, Spoken language
Abstract

We report the case of an Italian speaker (GBC), with classical Wernicke's aphasia following a vascular lesion in the posterior middle temporal region. GBC exhibited a selective deficit in spoken language production affecting vowels more than consonants. In reading from a newspaper, GBC substituted vowels for other vowels from the Italian inventory at a rate of 7/1 compared to consonants. No effects of frequency or grammatical class were found. Vowel errors could also not be accounted for by morphological or known phonological processes. Production of number words, in contrast, was free from phonological errors. While GBC has intact representations of Italian vowels and consonants, his data argue for a separate selection mechanism for vowels that is dissociable from that used for consonants. This case provides neuropsychological evidence for models of word production that distinguish between the abstract phonological properties of a word (e.g., sequencing of phonemic slots, or "CV skeleton") and a separate representation for the specific sounds (melody).

Published
2007

29. Naming abilities in spontaneous speech in Parkinson and Alzheimer’s disease

Author

Ileana Mori, Laura Bertella, Riccardo Pignatti, Carlo Semenza, Francesca Ceriani, Pignatti, R, Ceriani, F, Bertella, L, Mori, I, and Semenza, Carlo

Subjects
Speech and Hearing, Linguistics and Language, medicine.medical_specialty, Cognitive Neuroscience, medicine, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Disease, Audiology, Psychology, Language and Linguistics, Spontaneous speech
Published
2006

30. Mathematical skills in Prader-Willi Syndrome

Author

Enrico Molinari, S. Marchi, Carlo Semenza, Laura Bertella, Graziano Grugni, Luisa Girelli, Bertella, L, Girelli, L, Grugni, G, Marchi, S, Molinari, E, and Semenza, C

Subjects
Adult, Male, congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, Elementary cognitive task, Chromosome pair, Adolescent, Short-term memory, Neuropsychological Tests, Developmental psychology, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Mathematical skill, Humans, Mathematics instruction, Rehabilitation, nutritional and metabolic diseases, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Cognition, Psychiatry and Mental health, Neurology, mathematical skill, Task analysis, Female, neuropsychological profile, Neurology (clinical), Psychology, Cognition Disorders, Prader-Willi Syndrome, Mathematics, Cognitive psychology
Abstract

Objectives This paper investigates mathematical skills in Prader–Willi Syndrome (PWS), a pathological condition because of congenital alterations of chromosome pair 15. The following questions were addressed: (1) Are mathematical skills in PWS relatively more impaired with respect to other cognitive functions (as has been repeatedly but anecdotally reported)?; and (2) What is the nature of the mathematical impairment? Methods The first study employed the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and an extensive battery of cognitive tasks for which norms are known. Both batteries include a mathematical section. The second study used a theoretically motivated series of mathematical tasks specifically designed to individually assess the different cognitive components underlying mathematical skills. Results Mathematical skills were found to be the most impaired cognitive abilities together with short-term memory capacity. No specific mathematical domain was seen to be unaffected in PWS participants. The clearest deficits observed concern ‘syntactic’ processes in number transcoding, multiplication, number facts retrieval and calculation procedures. Conclusion Failure of mathematical skills is the most distinctive feature in the cognitive profile of PWS. However, to determine whether this is indeed a specific pattern of performance related to PWS, results must be compared with those obtained with patients manifesting other genetic disorders.

Published
2005

31. Broca’s aphasia and arithmetical disorders in 49,XXXXY syndrome

Author

Lorenzo Priano, Alessandro Mauro, Andrea Brioschi, Laura Bertella, Ileana Mori, Carlo Semenza, Graziano Grugni, Riccardo Pignatti, Brioschi, A, Bertella, L, Pignatti, R, Mori, I, Priano, L, Grugni, G, MAURO A., And, and Semenza, Carlo

Subjects
cognition, Linguistics and Language, medicine.medical_specialty, Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Audiology, medicine.disease, Language and Linguistics, aphasia, Speech and Hearing, medicine, xxxxy syndrome, 49, XXXXY syndrome, Broca's Aphasia, Psychology
Published
2005

32. Mathematics in right hemisphere aphasia: a case series study

Author

Lisa Bartha, Alessia Granà, Laura Bertella, Fabio M. Conti, M. Delazer, Frank Domahs, Carlo Semenza, Ileana Mori, Riccardo Pignatti, Semenza, Carlo, Delazer, M, Bartha, L, Domahs, F, Bertella, L, Grana', A, Mori, I, Pignatti, R, and Conti, F.

Subjects
Speech and Hearing, Linguistics and Language, Cognitive Neuroscience, Aphasia, medicine, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Right hemisphere, medicine.symptom, Psychology, Language and Linguistics, Case series, Cognitive psychology
Published
2004

33. Numbers and calculation in crossed aphasia

Author

Carlo Semenza, Alessia Granà, Ileana Mori, Laura Bertella, Fabio M. Conti, Semenza, Carlo, Bertella, L, Grana', A, Mori, I, and Conti, F.

Subjects
Speech and Hearing, Linguistics and Language, medicine.medical_specialty, Crossed aphasia, Cognitive Neuroscience, medicine, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Audiology, Psychology, Language and Linguistics
Published
2003

34. The predictive role of fatigue and neuropsychological components on functional outcomes in COVID-19 after a multidisciplinary rehabilitation program.

Author

Bompani N, Bertella L, Barbieri V, Scarabel L, Scarpina F, Perucca L, and Rossi P

Subjects
Humans, Retrospective Studies, Treatment Outcome, Predictive Value of Tests, COVID-19 psychology, COVID-19 rehabilitation, Mental Fatigue epidemiology, Functional Status, Cognitive Dysfunction epidemiology
Abstract

Objective: To verify the impact of altered cognitive functioning and higher levels of mental fatigue, both reported after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), on rehabilitation treatment outcomes., Methods: In this real-practice retrospective pre-post intervention cohort study, cognitive functioning, measured through standardized neuropsychological measures, and individual levels of fatigue, depression and anxiety symptoms, were evaluated at admission to a rehabilitation program in individuals who had been hospitalized for COVID-19. The rehabilitation program effectiveness was measured through the Functional Independence Measure., Results: Among the patient sample ( n  = 66), 87.88% reported experiencing high levels of fatigue at admission, while 16.67% reported depressive symptoms, and 22.73% reported anxiety symptoms. After rehabilitation, the sample displayed a significant decrease in the level of disability, in both the motor and cognitive subscales. Neuropsychological and psychological functioning did not play a predictive role. The 45 patients who received mechanical ventilation during intensive care, representing 68.18% of the sample, benefited more from rehabilitation treatment., Conclusions: The results support the importance of an early rehabilitation program after COVID-19 infection, independent of the initial neuropsychological and psychological functioning. Respiratory assistance may represent a crucial factor for short-term neuropsychological disease after-effects. Future studies on the long-term neuropsychological effect of COVID-19 infection on individual levels of disability are necessary.

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2023
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35. Evaluation of the predictive factors of the short-term effects of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation in COVID-19 survivors.

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Barbieri V, Scarabel L, Bertella L, Scarpina F, Schiavone N, Perucca L, and Rossi P

Subjects
Humans, Cohort Studies, Retrospective Studies, Survivors, Critical Care, COVID-19
Abstract

Objective: Functional impairments after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) constitute a major concern in rehabilitative settings; however, evidence assessing the efficacy of rehabilitation programs is lacking. The aim of this study was to verify the clinical characteristics that may represent useful predictors of the short-term effectiveness of multidisciplinary rehabilitation., Methods: In this real-practice retrospective pre-post intervention cohort study, the short-term effectiveness of a multidisciplinary patient-tailored rehabilitation program was assessed through normalized variations in the Functional Independence Measure in post-acute care patients who had overcome severe COVID-19. Biochemical markers, motor and nutritional characteristics, and the level of comorbidity were evaluated as predictors of functional outcome. Length of stay in the rehabilitation ward was also considered., Results: Following rehabilitation, all participants ( n  = 53) reported a significant decrease in the level of disability in both motor and cognitive functioning. However, neither motor and nutritional characteristics nor comorbidities played a significant role in predicting the overall positive change registered after rehabilitation., Conclusions: The results support the existing sparse evidence addressing the importance of an early rehabilitation program for patients who received intensive care and post-acute care due to severe COVID-19.

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2022
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36. Italian version of the Parkinson Neuropsychometric Dementia Assessment (PANDA): a useful instrument to detect cognitive impairments in Parkinson's Disease.

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Pignatti R, Bertella L, Scarpina F, Mauro A, Portolani E, and Calabrese P

Subjects
Aged, Cognitive Dysfunction etiology, Female, Humans, Italy, Male, Parkinson Disease complications, Translations, Cognitive Dysfunction diagnosis, Neuropsychological Tests, Parkinson Disease psychology
Abstract

Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is frequently characterized by cognitive and affective dysfunctions. The "Parkinson Neuropsychometric Dementia Assessment" (PANDA) is a screening tool designed for the early detection of mild cognitive impairment as well as dementia in PD. The PANDA is already validated in German and in French., Objective: The aim of the present work was to provide normative data for the Italian-speaking population, Swiss regions included; moreover, the effectiveness of the PANDA compared to the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) was tested., Methods: One-hundred and eleven PD patients with and without cognitive impairment and one-hundred and three matched healthy subjects participated at this study; all patients underwent an extensive neuropsychological evaluation., Results: A PANDA total score of 13 appeared to be the most fitting cut-off with a sensitivity of 96.6% and a specificity of 82.2%; with the MMSE, the same value of sensitivity but with a specificity of 72,4% was reached only by adopting a cut-off of 28. Moreover, a PANDA range of 13-17 appeared to be suggestive for possible cognitive disturbance., Conclusions: The present work provides evidence for the effectiveness of the PANDA in evaluating cognitive deficits also in PD Italian-speaking patients, even when their pathological degree is still initial or very mild.

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2014
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37. Exploring patterns of unwanted behaviours in adults with Prader-Willi syndrome.

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Pignatti R, Mori I, Bertella L, Grugni G, Giardino D, and Molinari E

Subjects
Adolescent, Adult, Body Mass Index, Child, Cluster Analysis, Female, Humans, Hyperphagia psychology, Impulsive Behavior epidemiology, Impulsive Behavior psychology, Italy epidemiology, Male, Obsessive Behavior psychology, Phenotype, Prader-Willi Syndrome genetics, Prader-Willi Syndrome psychology, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales statistics & numerical data, Severity of Illness Index, Statistics, Nonparametric, Young Adult, Hyperphagia epidemiology, Obsessive Behavior epidemiology, Prader-Willi Syndrome epidemiology, Surveys and Questionnaires
Abstract

Background: Obsessive-compulsive (O-C) traits, and excessive food intake are well known behavioural manifestations among individuals with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS). Other unwanted behaviours are also frequently observed, but they need a more specific investigation, especially in the adult population., Methods: The behaviour of 31 PWS adults was investigated via the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R), the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale Symptom Checklist (Y-BOCS-SC), and the Prader-Willi Behavioural Checklist (PBC). The PBC is a quick screening questionnaire prompted specifically for the investigation on adults with PWS., Results: Statistical clustering revealed two patterns of unwanted behaviours from the PBC. Behaviours belonging to the first cluster (e.g., Excessive food intake, Skin picking) appear to be linked to the usual phenotypic manifestation of PWS. By contrast, many other behaviours (e.g., some O-C symptoms and aggressive actions) could show a relationship also to individual psychopathologies., Conclusions: Both internal (Anxiety and Depression) and external (Hostility) difficulties in managing impulses should account for individually distinct behaviours in adults with PWS., (© 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)

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2013
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38. When two and too don't go together: a selective phonological deficit sparing number words.

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Bencini GM, Pozzan L, Bertella L, Mori I, Pignatti R, Ceriani F, and Semenza C

Subjects
Humans, Language, Language Tests, Male, Middle Aged, Reading, Speech, Aphasia, Wernicke diagnosis, Articulation Disorders diagnosis
Abstract

We report the case of an Italian speaker (GBC) with classical Wernicke's aphasia syndrome following a vascular lesion in the left posterior middle temporal region. GBC exhibited a selective phonological deficit in spoken language production (repetition and reading) which affected all word classes irrespective of grammatical class, frequency, and length. GBC's production of number words, in contrast, was error free. The specific pattern of phonological errors on non-number words allows us to attribute the locus of impairment at the level of phonological form retrieval of a correctly selected lexical entry. These data support the claim that number words are represented and processed differently from other word categories in language production., (Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Srl. All rights reserved.)

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2011
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39. Genetics and mathematics: evidence from Prader-Willi syndrome.

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Semenza C, Pignatti R, Bertella L, Ceriani F, Mori I, Molinari E, Giardino D, Malvestiti F, and Grugni G

Subjects
Adult, Female, Humans, Intelligence physiology, Male, Neuropsychological Tests statistics & numerical data, Reference Values, Chromosome Deletion, Mathematics, Mental Processes physiology, Prader-Willi Syndrome genetics, Prader-Willi Syndrome physiopathology, Uniparental Disomy genetics
Abstract

Mathematical abilities were tested in people with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), using a series of basic mathematical tasks for which normative data are available. The difference between the deletion and the disomy variants of this condition was explored. While a wide phenotypic variation was found, some basic findings emerge clearly. As expected from previous literature, deletion and disomy participants were found to differ in their degree of impairment, with disomy being overall the most spared condition. However, the tasks selectively spared in the disomy condition are not necessarily the easiest ones and those that discriminate less the PWS group from controls. It rather seems that disomy patients are spared, with respect to deletion, in tasks entailing transcoding and comparison of numbers in the Arabic code. Overall a particular difficulty was detected in reliably performing parity judgments. This task has been shown to be very frequently spared after a brain injury, even in severe aphasic conditions. The most interesting result is the sparing in analog number scale, whereby PWS seem, overall, to outperform controls. This finding may help in understanding previously reported, surprising results about cognitive skills in PWS. Elevated performances in PWS may result from life-long hyper-reliance on one visuo-spatial system in presence of underdevelopment of the other.

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2008
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40. Is math lateralised on the same side as language? Right hemisphere aphasia and mathematical abilities.

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Semenza C, Delazer M, Bertella L, Granà A, Mori I, Conti FM, Pignatti R, Bartha L, Domahs F, Benke T, and Mauro A

Subjects
Female, Humans, Male, Neuropsychological Tests statistics & numerical data, Aphasia physiopathology, Functional Laterality physiology, Language, Mathematics
Abstract

The main purpose of the present study was to learn how mathematical abilities are located and develop in the brain with respect to language. Mathematical abilities were assessed in six right-handed patients affected by aphasia following a lesion to their non-dominant hemisphere (crossed aphasia) and in two left-handed aphasics with a right-sided lesion. Acalculia, although in different degrees, was found in all cases. The type of acalculia depended on the type of aphasia, following patterns that have been previously observed in the most common aphasias resulting from left hemisphere lesions. No sign of right hemisphere or spatial acalculia (acalculia in left lateralised right-handed subjects) was detected. These results suggest that, as a rule, language and calculation share the same hemisphere. A primitive computational mechanism capable of recursion may be the precursor of both functions.

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2006
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41. Noun verb dissociation in Parkinson's disease.

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Bertella L, Albani G, Greco E, Priano L, Mauro A, Marchi S, Bulla D, and Semenza C

Subjects
Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Severity of Illness Index, Cognition Disorders diagnosis, Cognition Disorders etiology, Language Disorders diagnosis, Language Disorders etiology, Parkinson Disease complications
Abstract

A noun/verb dissociation with a relative verb deficit was found in patients affected by Parkinson's disease, even in relatively early stages, when mental deterioration is not severe. This finding is compatible with earlier observations, according to which verbs are dealt with in more anterior regions with respect to nouns. It also supports the speculation that the co-ordination and the manipulation of information associated with a verb world rely on the frontostriatal system.

Published
2002

42. Virtual environments in the diagnosis, prevention, and intervention of age-related diseases: a review of VR scenarios proposed in the EC VETERAN Project.

Author

Riva G, Rizzo A, Alpini D, Attree EA, Barbieri E, Bertella L, Buckwalter JG, Davies RC, Gamberini L, Johansson G, Katz N, Marchi S, Mendozzi L, Molinari E, Pugnetti L, Rose FD, and Weiss PL

Abstract

A group of worldwide virtual reality and health-care researchers have decided to combine their efforts in a multidisciplinary project titled VETERAN-virtual environments in the diagnosis, prevention and intervention of age-related diseases. The main goal of the VETERAN project is the tuning and testing of different virtual environments, designed to address the cognitive/functional impairments that may occur due to the aging process and age-related disorders. In particular the developed modules will address the problems commonly found in the following pathologies that have a strong impact on the elderly health care policy: Alzheimer's disease and other senile dementias; stroke and unilateral spatial neglect; mobility-related accidents within specific environments (e.g., falls, shocks). The project will focus on research into clinical aspects of age-related diseases and disorders of high morbidity and specifically target goals of prevention, treatment, or delay in onset. Another goal of the VETERAN project is to define and develop new protocols and tools to be used for general rehabilitation purposes. These tools will aim to provide systematic restorative training within the context of functionally relevant, ecologically valid simulated environments. This approach is hoped to optimise the degree of transfer of training and/or generalisation of learning to the person's real world environment.

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1999
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