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2. Optimizing home-based long-term intensive care for neurological patients with neurorehabilitation outreach teams – protocol of a multicenter, parallel-group randomized controlled trial (OptiNIV-Study)
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Thomas Platz, Thomas Kohlmann, Steffen Fleßa, Bernadette Einhäupl, Martha Koppelow, Lina Willacker, Hans-Jürgen Gdynia, Esther Henning, Jürgen Herzog, Friedemann Müller, Dennis A. Nowak, Romy Pletz, Felix Schlachetzki, Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke, Michael Schüttler, Andreas Straube, Rebekka Süss, Volker Ziegler, and Andreas Bender
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Neurorehabilitation ,Weaning ,Clinical trial ,Protocol ,Healthcare ,Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ,RC346-429 - Abstract
Abstract Background Even with high standards of acute care and neurological early rehabilitation (NER) a substantial number of patients with neurological conditions still need mechanical ventilation and/or airway protection by tracheal cannulas when discharged and hence home-based specialised intensive care nursing (HSICN). It may be possible to improve the home care situation with structured specialized long-term neurorehabilitation support and following up patients with neurorehabilitation teams. Consequently, more people might recover over an extended period to a degree that they were no longer dependent on HSICN. Methods This healthcare project and clinical trial implements a new specialised neurorehabilitation outreach service for people being discharged from NER with the need for HSICN. The multicentre, open, parallel-group RCT compares the effects of one year post-discharge specialized outpatient follow-up to usual care in people receiving HSICN. Participants will randomly be assigned to receive the new form of healthcare (intervention) or the standard healthcare (control) on a 2:1 basis. Primary outcome is the rate of weaning from mechanical ventilation and/or decannulation (primary outcome) after one year, secondary outcomes include both clinical and economic measures. 173 participants are required to corroborate a difference of 30 vs. 10% weaning success rate statistically with 80% power at a 5% significance level allowing for 15% attrition. Discussion The OptiNIV-Study will implement a new specialised neurorehabilitation outreach service and will determine its weaning success rates, other clinical outcomes, and cost-effectiveness compared to usual care for people in need for mechanical ventilation and/or tracheal cannula and hence HSICN after discharge from NER. Trial registration The trial OptiNIV has been registered in the German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS) since 18.01.2022 with the ID DRKS00027326 .
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- 2022
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3. Editorial: COVID-19: the neurorehabilitation perspective
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Thomas Platz, Nam-Jong Paik, David Good, and Giorgio Sandrini
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COVID-19 ,rehabilitation ,telemedicine ,health-care ,pandemic ,Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) ,Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ,RC346-429 - Published
- 2023
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4. Analysis of the therapeutic interaction provided by a humanoid robot serving stroke survivors as a therapeutic assistant for arm rehabilitation
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Thomas Platz, Ann Louise Pedersen, Philipp Deutsch, Alexandru-Nicolae Umlauft, and Sebastian Bader
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robot ,training ,arm ,stroke ,interaction ,social ,Mechanical engineering and machinery ,TJ1-1570 ,Electronic computers. Computer science ,QA75.5-76.95 - Abstract
Objective: To characterize a socially active humanoid robot’s therapeutic interaction as a therapeutic assistant when providing arm rehabilitation (i.e., arm basis training (ABT) for moderate-to-severe arm paresis or arm ability training (AAT) for mild arm paresis) to stroke survivors when using the digital therapeutic system Evidence-Based Robot-Assistant in Neurorehabilitation (E-BRAiN) and to compare it to human therapists’ interaction.Methods: Participants and therapy: Seventeen stroke survivors receiving arm rehabilitation (i.e., ABT [n = 9] or AAT [n = 8]) using E-BRAiN over a course of nine sessions and twenty-one other stroke survivors receiving arm rehabilitation sessions (i.e., ABT [n = 6] or AAT [n = 15]) in a conventional 1:1 therapist–patient setting. Analysis of therapeutic interaction: Therapy sessions were videotaped, and all therapeutic interactions (information provision, feedback, and bond-related interaction) were documented offline both in terms of their frequency of occurrence and time used for the respective type of interaction using the instrument THER-I-ACT. Statistical analyses: The therapeutic interaction of the humanoid robot, supervising staff/therapists, and helpers on day 1 is reported as mean across subjects for each type of therapy (i.e., ABT and AAT) as descriptive statistics. Effects of time (day 1 vs. day 9) on the humanoid robot interaction were analyzed by repeated-measures analysis of variance (rmANOVA) together with the between-subject factor type of therapy (ABT vs. AAT). The between-subject effect of the agent (humanoid robot vs. human therapist; day 1) was analyzed together with the factor therapy (ABT vs. AAT) by ANOVA.Main results and interpretation: The overall pattern of the therapeutic interaction by the humanoid robot was comprehensive and varied considerably with the type of therapy (as clinically indicated and intended), largely comparable to human therapists’ interaction, and adapted according to needs for interaction over time. Even substantially long robot-assisted therapy sessions seemed acceptable to stroke survivors and promoted engaged patients’ training behavior.Conclusion: Humanoid robot interaction as implemented in the digital system E-BRAiN matches the human therapeutic interaction and its modification across therapies well and promotes engaged training behavior by patients. These characteristics support its clinical use as a therapeutic assistant and, hence, its application to support specific and intensive restorative training for stroke survivors.
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- 2023
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5. Feasibility, coverage, and inter-rater reliability of the assessment of therapeutic interaction by a humanoid robot providing arm rehabilitation to stroke survivors using the instrument THER-I-ACT
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Thomas Platz, Ann Louise Pedersen, and Stephanie Bobe
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robot ,arm ,stroke ,interaction ,social ,reliability ,Mechanical engineering and machinery ,TJ1-1570 ,Electronic computers. Computer science ,QA75.5-76.95 - Abstract
Objective: The instrument THERapy-related InterACTion (THER-I-ACT) was developed to document therapeutic interactions comprehensively in the human therapist–patient setting. Here, we investigate whether the instrument can also reliably be used to characterise therapeutic interactions when a digital system with a humanoid robot as a therapeutic assistant is used.Methods:Participants and therapy: Seventeen stroke survivors receiving arm rehabilitation (i.e., arm basis training (ABT) for moderate-to-severe arm paresis [n = 9] or arm ability training (AAT) for mild arm paresis [n = 8]) using the digital therapy system E-BRAiN over a course of nine sessions. Analysis of the therapeutic interaction: A total of 34 therapy sessions were videotaped. All therapeutic interactions provided by the humanoid robot during the first and the last (9th) session of daily training were documented both in terms of their frequency and time used for that type of interaction using THER-I-ACT. Any additional therapeutic interaction spontaneously given by the supervising staff or a human helper providing physical assistance (ABT only) was also documented. All ratings were performed by two trained independent raters.Statistical analyses: Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were calculated for the frequency of occurrence and time used for each category of interaction observed.Results: Therapeutic interactions could comprehensively be documented and were observed across the dimensions provision of information, feedback, and bond-related interactions. ICCs for therapeutic interaction category assessments from 34 therapy sessions by two independent raters were high (ICC ≥0.90) for almost all categories of the therapeutic interaction observed, both for the occurrence frequency and time used for categories of therapeutic interactions, and both for the therapeutic interaction performed by the robot and, even though much less frequently observed, additional spontaneous therapeutic interactions by the supervisory staff and a helper being present. The ICC was similarly high for an overall subjective rating of the concentration and engagement of patients (0.87).Conclusion: Therapeutic interactions can comprehensively and reliably be documented by trained raters using the instrument THER-I-ACT not only in the traditional patient–therapist setting, as previously shown, but also in a digital therapy setting with a humanoid robot as the therapeutic agent and for more complex therapeutic settings with more than one therapeutic agent being present.
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- 2023
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6. German hospital capacities for prolonged mechanical ventilator weaning in neurorehabilitation – results of a representative survey
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Thomas Platz, Andreas Bender, Christian Dohle, Anna Gorsler, Stefan Knecht, Joachim Liepert, Thomas Mokrusch, and Michael Sailer
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Neurorehabilitation ,Weaning ,Neuro-disabilities ,Hospital capacity ,Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry ,RC321-571 ,Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ,RC346-429 - Abstract
Abstract A brief survey among members of the German Neurorehabilitation Society aimed to document the hospital capacities (“beds”) for prolonged weaning from a mechanical ventilator for patients with neuro-disabilities that require simultaneous multi-professional neurorehabilitation treatment. Sixty-eight institutions declared to have capacities with a broad distribution across Germany and its federal states. Overall, 1094 “beds” for prolonged weaning (and neurorehabilitation) were reported, 871 together with further information regarding their identification and hence regional location. These units had on average 16.1 beds for prolonged weaning (95% confidence interval 12.6 to 19.6) with a range from 2 to 68 beds per organization. The data indicate substantial capacities for the combined prolonged weaning and neurorehabilitation treatment in Germany. For most “beds” included in this analysis a basic validation was possible. While a reasonable coverage of these specialized service capacities by the survey is likely, the number reported could still be biased by underreporting by non-response. Both the broad variation of number of “beds” for prolonged weaning per unit and their unequal geographical distribution across federal states (per capita rate) warrant a more refined follow-up survey that will provide insights into reasons for the observed pattern of variation for these specialized hospital capacities.
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- 2020
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7. THERapy–Related InterACTion (THER-I-ACT) in Rehabilitation—Instrument Development and Inter-Rater Reliability
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Thomas Platz, Jonathan Seidel, Andreas Müller, Carolin Goldmann, and Ann Louise Pedersen
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assessment ,therapy ,interaction ,rehabilitation ,behavior ,alliance ,Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ,RC346-429 - Abstract
Objective: To develop an instrument for the observation of therapeutic communication interactions during rehabilitation sessions and test its inter-rater reliability.Methods: The new instrument THER-I-ACT (THERapy–related Inter-ACTion) has been designed to assess both the frequency and timing of therapeutic interactions in the thematic fields information provision, feedback, other motivational interaction, and bonding. For this inter-rater reliability study, a sample of stroke survivors received arm rehabilitation as either arm ability training, arm basis training, or mirror therapy, or neglect training as individually indicated. Therapy sessions were video-recorded (one for each participant) and therapeutic interactions rated by two independent raters using THER-I-ACT.Results: With regard to the instrument's comprehensiveness to document therapeutic interactions with pre-defined categories the data from 29 sessions suggested almost complete coverage. Inter-rater reliability was very high both for individual categories of therapeutic interaction (frequency and time used for interaction) (intraclass correlation coefficient, ICC 0.91–1.00) and summary scores for the thematic fields of interaction (again for frequency and time used for interaction) (ICC 0.98–1.00).The inter-rater reliability for rating engagement and being focussed for both the therapist and patient was substantial (ICC 0.71 and 0.86).Conclusions: The observational study documented that by use of the newly designed THER-I-ACT various types of therapy-related communication interactions performed by therapists can be assessed with a very high inter-rater reliability. In addition, the thematic fields and categories of therapeutic interaction as defined by the instrument comprehensively covered the type of interaction that occurred in the therapeutic sessions observed.
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- 2021
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8. Methods for the Development of Healthcare Practice Recommendations Using Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
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Thomas Platz
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evidence ,review – systematic ,guideline [MeSH] ,recommendation ,clinical decision ,Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ,RC346-429 - Abstract
Quality of healthcare can be improved when the best external evidence available is integrated in clinical decision-making in a systematic explicit manner. With the rapid expansion of clinical evidence, the opportunities for evidence-based high-quality healthcare increase. Paradoxically, the likelihood of any one person to get a complete and balanced picture of the evidence available decreases. This is especially true for rehabilitation interventions that are complex in nature and where clinical research is rather diverse. Given the complex nature of the evidence, there is a substantial risk of misinterpreting the complex information both at the level of individual sources (e.g., reports of clinical trials) and for aggregated data syntheses (e.g., systematic reviews and meta-analyses). These risks are inherent in these sources themselves and are in addition related to the methodological expertise necessary to make valid use of the evidence for clinical decision-making. Taken together, there is a great demand for systematic structured guidance from evidence to clinical decision. This methodology paper describes a structured process for the development and report of evidence-based clinical practice recommendations that uses systematic reviews and meta-analyses as evidence source. It provides a comprehensive framework with specific requirements for the development group, the formulation of the healthcare question addressed, the systematic search for the evidence, its critical appraisal, the extraction and the outcome-centered presentation of the evidence, the rating of its quality, strengths and weaknesses, any further considerations relevant for decision-making, and an explicit recommendation statement along with its justification, implementation, and resource aspects. The suggested methodology uses international standards in evidence synthesis, critical appraisal of systematic reviews, rating the quality of evidence, characteristics of recommendations, and guideline development as developed by Cochrane, GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation), AMSTAR (A MeaSurement Tool to Assess systematic Reviews), and AGREE (Appraisal of Guidelines for REsearch & Evaluation). An added distinctive feature of the methodology is to focus on the most up-to-date, most valid evidence and hence to support the development of valid practice recommendations in an efficient way. Practice recommendations generated by such a valid methodology would be generally applicable and promote evidence-based clinical practice globally.
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- 2021
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9. Telemedicine and Virtual Reality at Time of COVID-19 Pandemic: An Overview for Future Perspectives in Neurorehabilitation
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Marta Matamala-Gomez, Sara Bottiroli, Olivia Realdon, Giuseppe Riva, Lucia Galvagni, Thomas Platz, Giorgio Sandrini, Roberto De Icco, and Cristina Tassorelli
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telemedicine ,healthcare ,virtual reality ,neurorehabilitation ,COVID-19 ,Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ,RC346-429 - Abstract
In catastrophic situations such as pandemics, patients' healthcare including admissions to hospitals and emergency services are challenged by the risk of infection and by limitations of healthcare resources. In such a setting, the use of telemedicine interventions has become extremely important. New technologies have proved helpful in pandemics as a solution to improve the quality of life in vulnerable patients such as persons with neurological diseases. Moreover, telemedicine interventions provide at-home solutions allowing clinicians to telemonitor and assess patients remotely, thus minimizing risk of infection. After a review of different studies using telemedicine in neurological patients, we propose a telemedicine process flow for healthcare of subjects with chronic neurological disease to respond to the new challenges for delivering quality healthcare during the transformation of public and private healthcare organizations around the world forced by COVID-19 pandemic contingency. This telemedicine process flow represents a replacement for in-person treatment and thereby the provision equitable access to the care of vulnerable people. It is conceptualized as comprehensive service including (1) teleassistance with patient counseling and medical treatment, (2) telemonitoring of patients' health conditions and any changes over time, as well as (3) telerehabilitation, i.e., interventions to assess and promote body functions, activities, and consecutively participation. The hereby proposed telemedicine process flow could be adopted on a large scale to improve the public health response during healthcare crises like the COVID-19 pandemic but could equally promote equitable health care independent of people's mobility or location with respect to the specialized health care center.
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- 2021
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10. Editorial: Translating Innovations in Stroke Rehabilitation to Improve Recovery and Quality of Life Across the Globe
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Mayowa O. Owolabi, Thomas Platz, David Good, Bruce H. Dobkin, Echezona N. D. Ekechukwu, and Leonard Li
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stroke rehabilitation ,constant therapy ,low and mid income countries ,robot therapy ,diffusion tension imaging (DTI) ,stroke outcome ,Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ,RC346-429 - Published
- 2020
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11. Specialty Grand Challenge for NeuroRehabilitation Research
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Thomas Platz and Giorgio Sandrini
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rehabilitation ,research ,evidence ,knowledge ,guideline ,Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ,RC346-429 - Published
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12. Evidence-Based Guidelines and Clinical Pathways in Stroke Rehabilitation—An International Perspective
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Thomas Platz
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stroke ,rehabilitation ,guideline ,practice recommendation ,evidence ,Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ,RC346-429 - Abstract
A high societal burden and a considerable increase in stroke-related disability was globally observed over the last 3 decades, and is expected to continue implying a major challenge for societies around the word. Structured multidisciplinary stroke rehabilitation reduces stroke-related disability both in older and younger stroke survivors of either sex and independent of stroke severity. In addition, there is rapidly increasing evidence to support the clinical effectiveness of specific stroke rehabilitation interventions. Evidence-based guidelines help to promote best possible clinical practice. Inherent difficulty for their provision is that it takes enormous efforts to systematically appraise the evidence for guidelines and their regular updates, if they should not be at risk of bias by incomplete evidence selection. A systematic review of the pertaining literature indicates that the currently published stroke rehabilitation guidelines have a national background and focus and represent the health care situations in high-income countries. Societies around the globe would benefit from central evidence sources that systematically appraise the available evidence and make explicit links to practice recommendations. Such knowledge could facilitate a more wide-spread development of valid comprehensive up-to-date evidence-based national guidelines. In addition, the development of genuine international evidence-based stroke rehabilitation guidelines that focus on therapeutic approaches rather than organizational issues, could be used by many to structure regional or local stroke rehabilitation pathways and to develop their resources in a way that will eventually achieve effective stroke rehabilitation. Such international practice recommendations for stroke rehabilitation are currently under development by the World Federation for NeuroRehabilitation (WFNR).
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13. Brain imaging correlates of recovered swallowing after dysphagic stroke: A fMRI and DWI study
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Paul Glad Mihai, Mareile Otto, Martin Domin, Thomas Platz, Shaheen Hamdy, and Martin Lotze
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Dysphagia ,Neurorehabilitation ,Recovery ,Stroke ,Swallowing ,Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ,R858-859.7 ,Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ,RC346-429 - Abstract
Neurogenic dysphagia frequently occurs after stroke and deglutitive aspiration is one of the main reasons for subacute death after stroke. Although promising therapeutic interventions for neurogenic dysphagia are being developed, the functional neuroanatomy of recovered swallowing in this population remains uncertain. Here, we investigated 18 patients post-stroke who recovered from dysphagia using an event related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study of swallowing. Patients were characterized by initial dysphagia score (mild to severe), lesion mapping, white matter fractional anisotropy (FA) of the pyramidal tracts, and swallowing performance measurement during fMRI scanning. Eighteen age matched healthy participants served as a control group. Overall, patients showed decreased fMRI-activation in the entire swallowing network apart from an increase of activation in the contralesional primary somatosensory cortex (S1). Moreover, fMRI activation in contralesional S1 correlated with initial dysphagia score. Finally, when lesions of the pyramidal tract were more severe, recovered swallowing appeared to be associated with asymmetric activation of the ipsilesional anterior cerebellum. Taken together, our data support a role for increased contralesional somatosensory resources and ipsilesional anterior cerebellum feed forward loops for recovered swallowing after dysphagia following stroke.
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14. Arm Ability Training (AAT) Promotes Dexterity Recovery After a Stroke—a Review of Its Design, Clinical Effectiveness, and the Neurobiology of the Actions
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Thomas Platz and Martin Lotze
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stroke ,arm ,training ,rehabilitation ,plasticity ,Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ,RC346-429 - Abstract
Arm Ability Training (AAT) has been specifically designed to promote manual dexterity recovery for stroke patients who have mild to moderate arm paresis. The motor control problems that these patients suffer from relate to a lack of efficiency in terms of the sensorimotor integration needed for dexterity. Various sensorimotor arm and hand abilities such as speed of selective movements, the capacity to make precise goal-directed arm movements, coordinated visually guided movements, steadiness, and finger dexterity all contribute to our “dexterity” in daily life. All these abilities are deficient in stroke patients who have mild to moderate paresis causing focal disability. The AAT explicitly and repetitively trains all these sensorimotor abilities at the individual's performance limit with eight different tasks; it further implements various task difficulty levels and integrates augmented feedback in the form of intermittent knowledge of results. The evidence from two randomized controlled trials indicates the clinical effectiveness of the AAT with regard to the promotion of “dexterity” recovery and the reduction of focal disability in stroke patients with mild to moderate arm paresis. In addition, the effects have been shown to be superior to time-equivalent “best conventional therapy.” Further, studies in healthy subjects showed that the AAT induced substantial sensorimotor learning. The observed learning dynamics indicate that different underlying sensorimotor arm and hand abilities are trained. Capacities strengthened by the training can, in part, be used by both arms. Non-invasive brain stimulation experiments and functional magnetic resonance imaging data documented that at an early stage in the training cortical sensorimotor network areas are involved in learning induced by the AAT, yet differentially for the tasks trained. With prolonged training over 2 to 3 weeks, subcortical structures seem to take over. While behavioral similarities in training responses have been observed in healthy volunteers and patients, training-induced functional re-organization in survivors of a subcortical stroke uniquely involved the ipsilesional premotor cortex as an adaptive recruitment of this secondary motor area. Thus, training-induced plasticity in healthy and brain-damaged subjects are not necessarily the same.
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15. Predicting Training Gain for a 3 Week Period of Arm Ability Training in the Subacute Stage After Stroke
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Martin Lotze, Sybille Roschka, Martin Domin, and Thomas Platz
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subacute stroke ,pyramidal tract integrity ,upper limb motor function ,arm ability training ,recruitment curve steepness ,diffusion weighted imaging ,Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ,RC346-429 - Abstract
Background: Biomarkers for gains of evidence based interventions for upper limb motor training in the subacute stage following stroke have rarely been described. Information about these parameters might help to identify patients who benefit from specific interventions and to determine individually expected behavioral gains for a certain period of therapy.Objective: To evaluate predictors for hand motor outcome after arm ability training in the subacute stage after stroke selected from known potentially relevant parameters (initial motor strength, structural integrity of the pyramidal tract and functional motor cortex integrity).Methods: We applied the arm ability training (AAT) over 3 weeks to a subpopulation of stroke patients with mild arm paresis, i.e., in 14 patients on average 4 weeks after stroke. The following biomarkers were measured before therapy onset: grip strength on the affected hand, transcranial magnetic stimulation recruitment curve steepness over the primary motor hand area [slope ratio between the ipsilesional hemisphere (IH) and contralesional hemisphere (CH)], and diffusion weighted MRI fractional anisotropy (FA) in the posterior limb of the internal capsule (PLIC; determined as a lateralization index between IH and CH). Outcome was assessed as the AATgain (percentage improvement over training). The “Test d'Evaluation des Membres Supérieurs de Personnes Âgées” (TEMPA) was assessed before and after training to test for possible associations of AAT with activity of daily living.Results: A stepwise linear regression identified the lateralization index of PLIC FA as the only significant predictor for AAT-gain (R2 = 0.519; P = 0.029). AAT-gain was positively associated (r = 0.59; P = 0.028) with improvement in arm function during daily activities (TEMPA).Conclusions: While all mildly affected patients achieved a clinically relevant therapeutic effect, pyramidal tract integrity nevertheless had a modifying role for clinical benefit.
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16. Neurorehabilitation: Neural Plasticity and Functional Recovery
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Toshiyuki Fujiwara, Nam-Jong Paik, and Thomas Platz
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Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry ,RC321-571 - Published
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17. Call for Papers: Neuro-rehabilitation in low and middle income countries: Adaptations and Innovations
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Mayowa Owolabi, Adesola Ogunniyi, Talhatu K. Hamzat, Thomas Platz, and Fary Khan
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Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ,RC346-429 - Published
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18. Effects of combining 2 weeks of passive sensory stimulation with active hand motor training in healthy adults.
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Aija Marie Ladda, Joerg Peter Pfannmoeller, Tobias Kalisch, Sybille Roschka, Thomas Platz, Hubert R Dinse, and Martin Lotze
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The gold standard to acquire motor skills is through intensive training and practicing. Recent studies have demonstrated that behavioral gains can also be acquired by mere exposure to repetitive sensory stimulation to drive the plasticity processes. Single application of repetitive electric stimulation (rES) of the fingers has been shown to improve tactile perception in young adults as well as sensorimotor performance in healthy elderly individuals. The combination of repetitive motor training with a preceding rES has not been reported yet. In addition, the impact of such a training on somatosensory tactile and spatial sensitivity as well as on somatosensory cortical activation remains elusive. Therefore, we tested 15 right-handed participants who underwent repetitive electric stimulation of all finger tips of the left hand for 20 minutes prior to one hour of motor training of the left hand over the period of two weeks. Overall, participants substantially improved the motor performance of the left trained hand by 34%, but also showed a relevant transfer to the untrained right hand by 24%. Baseline ipsilateral activation fMRI-magnitude in BA 1 to sensory index finger stimulation predicted training outcome for somatosensory guided movements: those who showed higher ipsilateral activation were those who did profit less from training. Improvement of spatial tactile discrimination was positively associated with gains in pinch grip velocity. Overall, a combination of priming rES and repetitive motor training is capable to induce motor and somatosensory performance increase and representation changes in BA1 in healthy young subjects.
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19. Syndrome-Specific Deficits of Performance and Effects of Practice on Arm Movements with Deafferentation due to Posterior Thalamic Lesion
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Thomas Platz and Karl-Heinz Mauritz
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Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry ,RC321-571 - Abstract
Aiming and tapping movements were analysed repeatedly over a three-week period in a patient who was hemideafferented due to an ischaemic posterior thalamic lesion. Contrasting behaviour observed in six healthy subjects, nine hemiparetic patients and one patient with hemianopic stroke, allowed the determination of behavioural deficits related to deafferentation. Finger tapping was not impaired specifically and did not improve with practice in the deafferented patient. When aiming movements were investigated, accuracy of the first, largely preprogrammed, phase of movement and timing of the late homing-in phase were impaired specifically in the deafferented patient. Practice led to a step-like change in preprogramming amplitude of the ballistic movement component, a gradual improvement of temporal efficiency of the early movement phase and a more marked improvement of the homing-in phase. Qualitatively comparable but quantitatively less marked effects of practice were documented for hemiparetic patients. These results demonstrated that deafferentation affects preprogrammed aspects of movement and those influenced by current control and that motor learning is possible with central deafferentation, even for aspects of performance that are impaired specifically. It is postulated that motor learning was mediated by changes in strategy (motor programming) and improved efficiency of intact motor control processes (visuomotor control).
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20. Assistance App for a Humanoid Robot and Digitalization of Training Tasks for Post-stroke Patients.
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Peter Forbrig, Alexandru Bundea, and Thomas Platz
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21. Supporting the Arm Ability Training of Stroke Patients by a Social-Humanoid Robot.
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Peter Forbrig and Thomas Platz
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22. Digitalization of Training Tasks and Specification of the Behaviour of a Social Humanoid Robot as Coach.
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Peter Forbrig, Alexandru Bundea, Ann Pedersen, and Thomas Platz
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- 2020
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23. Nosokomiale Infektionsgefährdung und Prävention in der neurologisch-neurochirurgischen Frührehabilitation
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Axel Kramer and Thomas Platz
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Deutschlands Rehabilitationseinrichtungen bilden die zweite große Säule der stationären Patientenversorgung. Die für den Rehabilitationserfolg entscheidenden multimodalen Therapien weisen regelhaft einen engen Kontakt der Behandelnden zu Patient*innen auf, was mit vielfältigen Übertragungsmöglichkeiten für Infektionen verbunden ist. Aus diesem Grund sollte zur Infektionsprävention in der neurologisch-neurochirurgischen Frührehabilitation (NNFR) – insbesondere wegen der im Vergleich zu anderen Rehabilitationsformen höheren Infektionsrisiken – ein der Patientenklientel angepasstes Präventionskonzept aufgestellt werden.
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24. Rehabilitation bei Coronavirus-Erkrankung mit SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
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Thomas Platz, Stefan Dewey, Volker Köllner, and Axel Schlitt
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Eine Coronavirus-Erkrankung mit SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) mit ihren unterschiedlichen Verläufen von mild bis kritisch ist häufig nicht nur eine akute Erkrankung, sondern führt darüber hinaus bei einem Teil der Betroffenen zu Organschäden und Körperfunktionsstörungen, die auch nach der Akutphase fortbestehen. Wenn die Gesundheitsfolgen die Selbstständigkeit im Alltag oder die beruflichen Fähigkeiten einschränken, ist eine spezifische rehabilitative Behandlung angezeigt.
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25. S2k-Leitlinie SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 und (Früh-) Rehabilitation – eine Kurzfassung mit allen Empfehlungen im Überblick
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Thomas Platz, Stefan Berghem, Peter Berlit, Stefan Dewey, Christian Dohle, Helmut Fickenscher, Eva Grill, Manju Guha, Volker Köllner, Axel Kramer, Annett Reißhauer, Axel Schlitt, Konrad Schultz, Monika Steimann, and Hajo Zeeb
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ZusammenfassungDie S2k-Leitlinie SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 und (Früh-) Rehabilitation macht auf der Basis einer Güterabwägung Handlungsanleitungen, die sowohl der Infektionsprävention, als auch den therapeutischen Zielen der Patient*innen Rechnung tragen. Die Leitlinie thematisiert in einem ersten Teil das Infektionsschutz-bezogene Vorgehen während der COVID-19-Pandemie generell bei Maßnahmen der Rehabilitation, einschließlich der Frührehabilitation. In einem zweiten Teil geht es um die Versorgung von COVID-19-Patient*innen mit rehabilitativen Therapieverfahren auf Intensivstationen und im Akutkrankenhaus, der Frührehabilitation, der Rehabilitation (Anschluss-Rehabilitation, Heilverfahren) und der ambulanten und Langzeit-Betreuung nach COVID-19, u. a. bei längerer Persistenz von Symptomen (Long- bzw. Post-COVID-19).Bei der aktuellen Version 2 der Leitlinie (Stand 1.11.2021) handelt es sich um eine konsensbasierte Leitlinie mit repräsentativem Gremium sowie einer strukturierten Konsensfindung (S2k-Leitlinie). Insgesamt nahmen 15 Fachgesellschaften an der Leitlinienerstellung und –konsentierung teil. In dieser Kurzfassung der Leitlinie werden alle Empfehlungen im Überblick wiedergegeben.
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26. Neurorehabilitation Medicine
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Andreas Bender, Thomas Platz, and Andreas Straube
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27. Schleichender demografischer Wandel und neurologische Rehabilitation – Teil 2: Handlungsmöglichkeiten
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Stefan Knecht, Harmut Reiners, Mario Siebler, Thomas Platz, Agnes Flöel, and Reinhard Busse
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Psychiatry and Mental health ,Neurology ,Neurology (clinical) ,General Medicine - Abstract
ZusammenfassungIn seinem jetzigen Zustand wird das deutsche Gesundheitssystem nicht in der Lage sein, eine ansteigende Zahl alter Menschen in der Bevölkerung mit einer verminderten Zahl qualifizierter Erwerbspersonen zu versorgen. Diese Problematik betrifft besonders die postakute Versorgung von Schwerkranken, wie in einem ersten von zwei Beitragsteilen unter Situationsbeschreibung dargelegt wurde. Hier diskutieren wir Perspektiven und Handlungsmöglichkeiten. Eine führende Schlussfolgerung ist, dass akut- und rehabilitativmedizinische Maßnahmen deutlich wirksamer als bisher auf einander abgestimmt werden könnten und sollten.
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28. Die Zertifizierung von Zentren für Beatmungsentwöhnung in der neurologisch-neurochirurgischen Frührehabilitation durch die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurorehabilitation
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Marcus Pohl, Martin Groß, Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke, and Thomas Platz
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Rehabilitation ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Lead auditor ,General Medicine ,Certification ,Audit ,medicine.disease ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Neurology ,Intensive care ,Acute care ,Health care ,medicine ,Neurology (clinical) ,Medical emergency ,business ,Neurorehabilitation - Abstract
Specialized centers for weaning in neurological and neurosurgical early rehabilitation can be certified by the German Society for Neurorehabilitation (DGNR) since 1 October 2021. The certification criteria are indicators for structure and process quality and for treatment results for weaning of neurological patients from mechanical ventilation. In Germany these patients are treated in departments for neurological and neurosurgical early rehabilitation in acute care hospitals as well as in specialized rehabilitation hospitals. Acknowledging this diversity of care, certification is possible for both kinds of institutions. Certification is granted by the DGNR in cooperation with TUV Rheinland as the certification authority, analogous to the certification of stroke units. Institutions apply for certification by sending all necessary documents to the TUV Rheinland. Afterwards auditors of the TUV Rheinland (lead auditor) and the DGNR (medical speciality auditor) visit the institution on site. The results of this visit are reported to the certification committee of the DGNR, which in turn recommends or declines certification. The certification of centers for weaning in neurological and neurosurgical early rehabilitation is an important step towards defining neurorespiratory care and the role of the neurologist for intensive care and weaning in Germany. Thereby, the interdisciplinary dialogue between pneumologists, anesthesiologists, and neurologists is fostered. Also, the dialogue on treatment capacities and strategies with healthcare politicians, health insurances, and patient associations is facilitated.
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29. Schleichender demografischer Wandel und neurologische Rehabilitation – Teil 1: Situationsbeschreibung
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Stefan Knecht, Harmut Reiners, Mario Siebler, Thomas Platz, Agnes Flöel, and Reinhard Busse
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Psychiatry and Mental health ,Neurology ,Neurology (clinical) ,General Medicine - Abstract
ZusammenfassungIn den nächsten zwei Jahrzehnten werden in Deutschland die Babyboomer aus dem Erwerbsleben ausscheiden. Erwerbsarbeit muss dann von der zahlenschwachen „Pillenknick“-Generation geleistet werden. Mehr ältere Personen in der Gesellschaft bedeuten trotz und teilweise wegen verbesserter medizinischer Möglichkeiten eine höhere Belastung durch Gesundheits- und Pflegeversorgung, die finanziert und personell getragen werden muss. Um mit weniger Erwerbstätigen mehr Bedürftige zu versorgen, muss das Gesundheitssystem umgebaut werden. Weil allerdings die Entwicklungen schleichend verlaufen, ist das Problembewusstsein vielerorts noch gering. Hier fokussieren wir auf den Bereich in unserem Gesundheitssystem, welcher mit am stärksten wächst und zusätzlich den größten Personalbedarf pro Betroffenem hat: die Versorgung schwerkranker und selbsthilfeeingeschränkter Menschen. Das Nebeneinander von Krankenhaus, Rehabilitationsklinik und Pflegeinstitution ist historisch bedingt und unzureichend koordiniert. Es fördert die Tendenz, selbsthilfeeingeschränkte Patient*innen in Pflegeeinrichtungen ohne Chance auf Wiederbefähigung zu entlassen, statt sie zu rehabilitieren. Mit dem weiteren demografischen Wandel droht sich diese Tendenz zu verstärken. Hier versuchen wir in einem ersten von zwei Teilen eine Beschreibung der aktuellen Situation.
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30. [Slow demographic change and neurological rehabilitation-Part 1: state of affairs]
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Stefan, Knecht, Harmut, Reiners, Mario, Siebler, Thomas, Platz, Agnes, Flöel, and Reinhard, Busse
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In the next two decades the aging baby boomers in Germany will gradually be leaving the work force. They are being followed by the much less numerous, "baby bust" generation who now need to finance and staff healthcare for the growing number of old people in society. In order to care for more needy persons with a smaller working population, the healthcare system must be restructured; however, despite these worrisome prospects, the awareness of the problem is still low in many areas. Here we focus on the area in the healthcare system that is growing particularly rapidly and additionally has the greatest need of personnel per patient: the care of the critically ill and functionally impaired patients. The lack of coordination of hospitals, rehabilitation centers and nursing institution is historical in origin. It promotes the tendency to discharge functionally impaired patients to nursing facilities without giving them a chance for recovery of functional autonomy. As the demographic change progresses, this tendency threatens to increase. In a first of two parts, we attempt to describe the present situation.In den nächsten zwei Jahrzehnten werden in Deutschland die Babyboomer aus dem Erwerbsleben ausscheiden. Erwerbsarbeit muss dann von der zahlenschwachen „Pillenknick“-Generation geleistet werden. Mehr ältere Personen in der Gesellschaft bedeuten trotz und teilweise wegen verbesserter medizinischer Möglichkeiten eine höhere Belastung durch Gesundheits- und Pflegeversorgung, die finanziert und personell getragen werden muss. Um mit weniger Erwerbstätigen mehr Bedürftige zu versorgen, muss das Gesundheitssystem umgebaut werden. Weil allerdings die Entwicklungen schleichend verlaufen, ist das Problembewusstsein vielerorts noch gering. Hier fokussieren wir auf den Bereich in unserem Gesundheitssystem, welcher mit am stärksten wächst und zusätzlich den größten Personalbedarf pro Betroffenem hat: die Versorgung schwerkranker und selbsthilfeeingeschränkter Menschen. Das Nebeneinander von Krankenhaus, Rehabilitationsklinik und Pflegeinstitution ist historisch bedingt und unzureichend koordiniert. Es fördert die Tendenz, selbsthilfeeingeschränkte Patient*innen in Pflegeeinrichtungen ohne Chance auf Wiederbefähigung zu entlassen, statt sie zu rehabilitieren. Mit dem weiteren demografischen Wandel droht sich diese Tendenz zu verstärken. Hier versuchen wir in einem ersten von zwei Teilen eine Beschreibung der aktuellen Situation.
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31. The permanently shadowed regions of dwarf planet Ceres
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Norbert Schorghofer, Erwan Mazarico, Thomas Platz, Frank Preusker, Stefan E. Schröder, Carol A. Raymond, and Christopher T. Russell
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32. S1-Leitlinie Post-COVID/Long-COVID
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Michael Pfeifer, Thomas Hummel, Matthias Pletz, Carmen Scheibenbogen, Juliane Kronsbein, Ralf H. Zwick, Rainer Glöckl, Uta Behrends, Andreas Stallmach, Klaus F. Rabe, Sebastian Böing, Andreas Zeiher, Folke Brinkmann, Hans Otto Wagner, Hubert Wirtz, Eva M. J. Peters, Christian Franke, Georg Pongratz, Tobias Ankermann, Andreas Rembert Koczulla, Christiane Waller, Michael Stegbauer, Thomas Platz, Peter Berlit, Christian Gogoll, Frank Powitz, and Thomas Maibaum
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,business.industry ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,MEDLINE ,Guideline ,medicine.disease ,language.human_language ,German ,language ,Medicine ,Surgery ,Medical emergency ,business - Abstract
ZusammenfassungDie Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pneumologie hat die AWMFS1-Leitlinie Post-COVID/Long-COVID initiiert. In einem breiten interdisziplinären Ansatz wurde diese S1-Leitlinie basierend auf dem aktuellen Wissensstand gestaltet.Die klinische Empfehlung beschreibt die aktuellen Post-COVID/Long-COVID-Symptome, diagnostische Ansätze und Therapien.Neben der allgemeinen und konsentierten Einführung wurde ein fachspezifischer Zugang gewählt, der den aktuellen Wissensstand zusammenfasst.Die Leitlinie hat einen expilzit praktischen Anspruch und wird basierend auf dem aktuellen Wissenszugewinn vom Autorenteam stetig weiterentwickelt und adaptiert.
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33. [Rehabilitation with coronavirus disease with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)]
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Thomas, Platz, Stefan, Dewey, Volker, Köllner, and Axel, Schlitt
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Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Germany ,Medicine ,COVID-19 ,Humans - Abstract
The Coronavirus disease with SARS-CoV-2 viral infection (COVID-19) and its diverse courses of disease from mild to critical illness frequently is not only an acute disease, but will - in a proportion of those affected - lead to organ structure and body function deficits that still exist or become apparent after the acute stage of disease. When clinically relevant symptoms or functional deficits (impairments) are documented more than four weeks after COVID-19 onset, the syndrome is called "Long-COVID", from 12 weeks after onset onwards "Post-COVID".In such cases and when everyday life functioning and return to work are affected by persisting deficits specialized rehabilitation treatment is indicated. An individual medical, frequently multi-professional diagnostic evaluation is mandatory in that situation: For adequate treatment, it is important to identify and objectify the individually underlying health conditions based on knowledge about the diverse potential consequences of COVID-19, to assess type and severity of functional consequences (impairments, activity limitations, and restrictions of participation) of Long-/Post-COVID individually, and then to decide on the treatment necessities and plans. With regard to rehabilitation, need and decision for either pulmonary, neurological, cardiac, or psychosomatic rehabilitation depends on the individual medical presentation.Eine Coronavirus-Erkrankung mit SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) mit ihren unterschiedlichen Verläufen von mild bis kritisch ist häufig nicht nur eine akute Erkrankung, sondern führt darüber hinaus bei einem Teil der Betroffenen zu Organschäden und Körperfunktionsstörungen, die auch nach der Akutphase fortbestehen. Wenn die Gesundheitsfolgen die Selbstständigkeit im Alltag oder die beruflichen Fähigkeiten einschränken, ist eine spezifische rehabilitative Behandlung angezeigt.
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34. Functional MRI in Radiology-A Personal Review
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Martin Lotze, Martin Domin, Sönke Langner, and Thomas Platz
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Health Information Management ,Leadership and Management ,Health Policy ,Health Informatics - Abstract
We, here, provide a personal review article on the development of a functional MRI in the radiology departments of two German university medicine units. Although the international community for human brain mapping has met since 1995, the researchers fascinated by human brain function are still young and innovative. However, the impact of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) on prognosis and treatment decisions is restricted, even though standardized methods have been developed. The tradeoff between the groundbreaking studies on brain function and the attempt to provide reliable biomarkers for clinical decisions is large. By describing some historical developments in the field of fMRI, from a personal view, the rise of this method in clinical neuroscience during the last 25 years might be understandable. We aim to provide some background for (a) the historical developments of fMRI, (b) the establishment of two research units for fMRI in the departments of radiology in Germany, and (c) a description of some contributions within the selected fields of systems neuroscience, clinical neurology, and behavioral psychology.
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- 2022
35. The geological history and hazards of a long-lived stratovolcano, Mt. Taranaki, New Zealand
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Thomas Platz, Michael G. Petterson, Michael Turner, Shane J. Cronin, Ian E. M. Smith, Vince Neall, Richard C. Price, Magret Damaschcke, Jonathan Procter, Rafael Torres-Orozco, Geoffrey A. Lerner, Anke Zernack, Mark Bebbington, Garry S. McDonald, Robert B. Stewart, and Ingrid Ukstins
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Volcanic hazards ,Geophysics ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Andesite ,Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Geochemistry ,Stratovolcano ,Geology ,010502 geochemistry & geophysics ,01 natural sciences ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
Mt. Taranaki is an andesitic stratovolcano in the western North Island of New Zealand. Its magmas show slab-dehydration signatures and over the last 200 kyr they show gradually increasing incompatible element concentrations. Source basaltic melts from the upper mantle lithosphere pond at the base of the crust (∼25 km), interacting with other stalled melts rich in amphibole. Evolved hydrous magmas rise and pause in the mid crust (14–6 km), before taking separate pathways to eruption. Over 228 tephras erupted over the last 30 kyr display a 1000–1500 yr-periodic cycle with a five-fold variation in eruption frequency. Magmatic supply and/or tectonic regime could control this rate-variability. The volcano has collapsed and re-grown 16 times, producing large (2 to >7.5 km3) debris avalanches. Magma intrusion along N-S striking faults below the edifice are the most likely trigger for its failure. The largest Mt. Taranaki Plinian eruption columns reach ∼27 km high, dispersing 0.1 to 0.6 km3 falls throughout the North Island. Smaller explosive eruptions, or dome-growth and collapse episodes were more frequent. Block-and-ash flows reached up to 13 km from the vent, while the largest pumice pyroclastic density currents travelled >23 km. Mt. Taranaki last erupted in AD1790 and the present annual probability of eruption is 1–1.3%.
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36. Evidenzbasierte Leitlinienentwicklung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurologie (DGN) und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurorehabilitation (DGNR) - Methodik für die systematische Evidenzbasierung
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Thomas Platz
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ZusammenfassungEvidenzbasierte Leitlinien, die entweder von einer Fachgesellschaft (S2e-Leitlinien) oder fachgesellschaftsübergreifend (S3-Leitlinien) erstellt werden, verbinden mit hoher Entwicklungsqualität die derzeit beste verfügbare externe Evidenz (Studienlage) mit daraus abgeleiteten Empfehlungen für die klinische Praxis. Bei einer fachgesellschaftsübergreifenden Entwicklung werden die Empfehlungen zudem in einem strukturierten Konsensusverfahren formal konsentiert. Sie generieren damit für Kliniker eine hohe Sicherheit, bei ihren Entscheidungen den Stand der Wissenschaft adäquat zu berücksichtigen. Basierend auf der Leitlinienentwicklungsmethodik der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für wissenschaftliche medizinische Fachgesellschaften (AWMF), haben sich die DGN und DGNR auf Standards der Umsetzung der Leitlinienentwicklungsmethodik für die Evidenzbasierung ihrer Leitlinien verständigt, die hier dokumentiert werden. Dem Leser und Nutzer von evidenzbasierten Leitlinien machen sie verständlich, welche inhaltlich-methodischen Aspekte zu berücksichtigen sind, wenn aus der Datenlage aus klinischen Studien Praxisempfehlungen abgeleitet werden sollen.
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37. Weaning in der neurologisch-neurochirurgischen Frührehabilitation – Ergebnisse der 'WennFrüh'-Studie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurorehabilitation
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Jens D. Rollnik, Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke, M. Hartwich, Martin Groß, Anna Gorsler, Jan Brocke, Marcus Pohl, and Thomas Platz
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medicine.medical_specialty ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Early neurological and neurosurgical rehabilitation ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,Treatment outcome ,Weaning ,Heimbeatmung ,Originalien ,Neurorehabilitation Beatmungsentwöhnung ,Home ventilation ,Mechanical ventilation ,Germany ,Neurological rehabilitation ,Medicine ,Humans ,Neurorehabilitation ,Gynecology ,business.industry ,Rehabilitation ,Neurological Rehabilitation ,General Medicine ,Respiration, Artificial ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Treatment Outcome ,Neurology ,Health Resources ,Neurology (clinical) ,Neurologisch-neurochirurgische Frührehabilitation ,business ,Early rehabilitation ,Ventilator Weaning - Abstract
ZusammenfassungNeurologisch-neurochirurgische Frührehabilitanden sind klinisch oft so schwer betroffen, dass sie neben der frührehabilitativen Behandlung auch von der mechanischen Beatmung entwöhnt werden müssen. In einer Umfrage der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurorehabilitation (DGNR) wurden neurologische Weaningzentren gebeten, Informationen zu Strukturmerkmalen ihrer Einrichtung, ihrer personellen und apparativen Ausstattung sowie basierend auf anonymen Daten zu Fallzahl und Behandlungsergebnis zur Verfügung zu stellen. Es nahmen 36 Weaningeinheiten aus 11 Bundesländern mit insgesamt 496 Betten teil. Von 2516 erfassten Weaningfällen im Jahr 2019 wurden 2097 (83,3 %) primär erfolgreich entwöhnt und nur 120 (4,8 %) mussten mit Heimbeatmung entlassen werden. Die Mortalität in dieser Stichprobe lag bei 11,0 % (n = 276). Die Erhebung zeigt, dass das prolongierte Weaning in der neurologisch-neurochirurgischen Frührehabilitation ein wichtiger und erfolgreicher Bestandteil der Versorgung schwerstkranker Patienten darstellt.
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- 2020
38. Evidenzbasierte Armrehabilitation nach Schlaganfall – ein Überblick
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Thomas Platz
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Führt bei Patienten mit einer Armparese nach Schlaganfall die rehabilitative Therapie in unterschiedlicher „Dosierung“ oder bei unterschiedlichen Inhalten zu einer Reduktion der Parese, einer Verbesserung der aktiven Bewegungsfähigkeit und Kraft sowie der Armaktivitäten? Dieser Frage geht der folgende Artikel nach.
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- 2020
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39. Nutzung von Routinedaten bei der Evaluation gesundheitsbezogener Maßnahmen
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Sarah Ivansitz, Thomas Platz, Stefan Mathis-Edenhofer, Margot Peters, Georg Spiel, and Birgit Senft
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Statistics and Probability ,Strategy and Management ,Communication ,Applied Psychology ,Social Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Education - Abstract
HINTERGRUND: Eine sekundare Datenauswertung erganzt eine Primarstudie, die ein telemedizinisches Nachsorgeprogramm evaluiert. Die Sekundarstudie pruft die Ubertragbarkeit der Ergebnisse auf die Gesamtbevolkerung und bietet Einblicke in das Nutzenpotenzial von Routinedaten. *** METHODE: Zur Evaluation einer webbasierten Rehabilitationsnachsorge (W-RENA) wurde eine kontrollierte zweiarmige prospektive Interventionsstudie (Interventionsgruppe n=63, Kontrollgruppe n=38) durchgefuhrt und die Machbarkeit einer Verschrankung mit einer Sekundarstudie (n=4.187) gepruft. *** ERGEBNISSE: Die Wiederaufnahmerate bei stationaren psychiatrischen Krankenhausaufenthalten war im Ein-Jahres-Follow-Up in der Interventionsgruppe geringer als in der Kontrollgruppe. Diese Ergebnisse konnten anhand einer aus Routinedaten abgeleiteten Kontrollgruppe verifiziert werden. Zusatzlich erfolgten Subgruppenanalysen nach Geschlecht, Alter und Erkrankungsgruppe *** SCHLUSSFOLGERUNGEN: Die Studie zeigt, dass aus Routinedaten fur eine externe Validierung geeignete Endpunkte abgeleitet werden konnen. Weiterfuhrende Analysen sind durch datenschutzrechtliche, methodische und technische Herausforderungen eingeschrankt
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40. Die PHYS-STROKE-Studie – nicht die Technologie, sondern ihr therapeutischer Einsatz zählt
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T. Mokrusch, M. Sailer, K. Müller, C. Wallesch, C. Dohle, W. Schupp, Jörg Wissel, C. Dettmers, and Thomas Platz
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Gynecology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,medicine ,business - Published
- 2020
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41. Autorinnen und Autoren
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Marianne Abele-Horn, Bruno Amann, Christoph Aspöck, Dorina Barner, Felix Barre, Fritz Barth, Karsten Becker, Wolfgang Behrens-Baumann, Harald Below, Milena Berens, Sabine Blaschke, Ivonne Bley, Britta Bockholdt, Michael Borg, Christian von der Brelie, Clemens Bulitta, Gregor Caspari, Sigrid Clauberg, Bernhard Danner, Edeltrud Dietlein, Birgit Dietz, Joachim Dissemond, Ana Durovic, Benjamin Ebbecke, Thomas Eberlein, Christian Eckmann, Maren Eggers, Matthias Elstner, Steffen Engelhart, Brigitte Ettl, Ralf Ewert, Philippe Federspil, Thomas Fengler, Steffen Fleßa, Steffen Franke, Mariacarla Gadebusch Bondio, Petra Gastmeier, Rainer Gattringer, Jürgen Gebel, Matthias Girndt, Sabine Gleich, Wolfgang Graninger, Raoul Groß, Matthias Gründling, Stefan Hagel, Klaus Hamprecht, Julian-Camill Harnoss, Matthias Heckmann, Peter Heeg, Claus-Dieter Heidecke, Alexander Heine, Hans Jürgen Heppner, Ursel Heudorf, Jan Holzhausen, Claudia Hübner, Jonas Jabs, Anja Jacobshagen, Christian Jäkel, Bernd Jansen, Lutz Jatzwauk, André Kalunga-Peters, Günter Kampf, Robert Kellner, Volker Kiefel, Stefan Kindler, Gerhard Kirsch, Stefan Koch, Thomas Kohlmann, Wolfgang Kohnen, Claudia Kolbe, Walter Koller, Irene Krämer, Jennifer Kranz, Wolfgang Krause, Karl-Friedrich Krey, William H. Krüger, Nataliya Kucheryava, Rüdiger Külpmann, Helmut Küster, Sven-Olaf Kuhn, Eckard Labs, Jörg Lafontaine, Ottmar Leiß, Markus M. Lerch, Hans Lippert, Barbara Loczenski, Heinrich Maidhof, David Maier, Stefan Maier, Heike Martiny, Georg Maschmeyer, Kiriaki Mavridou, Alexander Mellmann, Hans-Robert Metelmann, Tobias R. Mett, Patrick Meybohm, Elisabeth Meyer, Martin Mielke, Jan-Uwe Müller, Lutz von Müller, Nico T. Mutters, Friedemann Nauck, Albert Nienhaus, Gert Notbohm, Alexander Novotny, Michael Ossadnik, Christoph Ostgathe, Roald Papke, Thomas Paul, Alexander Penne, Hansjürgen Piechota, Adrian Pilatz, Frank-Albert Pitten, Thomas Platz, Uwe Pleyer, Julius Pochhammer, Marcus Pohl, Anett Reißhauer, Friedrich von Rheinbaben, Dagmar Rimek, Manuel Ritter, Sylvia Ruback, Laila Schneidewind, Henry W.S. Schroeder, Walter Schulz-Schaeffer, Sebastian Schulz-Stübner, Marco H. Schulze, Vera Schwierzeck, Christian Seebauer, Julia Seifert, Ulrike Seifert, Silvester Siegmann, Hortense Slevogt, Hans-Günther Sonntag, Eike Steinmann, Jochen Steinmann, Lada Streitenberg, Miranda Suchomel, Marc Thanheiser, Matthias Trautmann, Richard Vakil, Sibylle Viehöver, Peter M. Vogt, Ralf-Peter Vonberg, Lutz Vossebein, Florian Wagenlehner, Peter Walger, Arved Weimann, Constanze Wendt, Michael Wendt, Sabine Wicker, Andreas Widmer, Michael Wilke, Jens Wiltfang, Kai Zacharowski, Patrick Ziech, and Marek Zygmunt
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42. Swallowing Function in the Chronic Stage Following Stroke is Associated with White Matter Integrity of Callosal Tract between Interhemispheric S1 Swallowing Representation Areas
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Martin Domin, Glad P. Mihai, Thomas Platz, and Martin Lotze
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43. Using a Humanoid Robot to Assist Post-stroke Patients with Standardized Neurorehabilitation Therapy
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Peter Forbrig, Alexandru Bundea, Ann Pedersen, and Thomas Platz
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- 2021
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44. [The certification of centers for weaning from mechanical ventilation in neurological and neurosurgical early rehabilitation by the German Society for Neurorehabilitation]
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Martin, Groß, Marcus, Pohl, Thomas, Platz, and Tobias, Schmidt-Wilcke
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Certification ,Germany ,Neurological Rehabilitation ,Humans ,Respiration, Artificial ,Ventilator Weaning - Abstract
Specialized centers for weaning in neurological and neurosurgical early rehabilitation can be certified by the German Society for Neurorehabilitation (DGNR) since 1 October 2021. The certification criteria are indicators for structure and process quality and for treatment results for weaning of neurological patients from mechanical ventilation. In Germany these patients are treated in departments for neurological and neurosurgical early rehabilitation in acute care hospitals as well as in specialized rehabilitation hospitals. Acknowledging this diversity of care, certification is possible for both kinds of institutions. Certification is granted by the DGNR in cooperation with TÜV Rheinland as the certification authority, analogous to the certification of stroke units. Institutions apply for certification by sending all necessary documents to the TÜV Rheinland. Afterwards auditors of the TÜV Rheinland (lead auditor) and the DGNR (medical speciality auditor) visit the institution on site. The results of this visit are reported to the certification committee of the DGNR, which in turn recommends or declines certification. The certification of centers for weaning in neurological and neurosurgical early rehabilitation is an important step towards defining neurorespiratory care and the role of the neurologist for intensive care and weaning in Germany. Thereby, the interdisciplinary dialogue between pneumologists, anesthesiologists, and neurologists is fostered. Also, the dialogue on treatment capacities and strategies with healthcare politicians, health insurances, and patient associations is facilitated.Die Zertifizierung von Zentren für Beatmungsentwöhnung in der neurologisch-neurochirurgischen Frührehabilitation durch die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurorehabilitation (DGNR) ist ab dem 01.10.2021 möglich. Die Zertifizierungskriterien beschreiben ein Anforderungsprofil, das für eine fachgerechte und qualitätsgesicherte Versorgung von Beatmungspatienten in der neurologisch-neurochirurgischen Frührehabilitation (NNFR) steht. Das Zertifikat berücksichtigt die strukturellen Unterschiede der in der NNFR tätigen Einrichtungen und kann sowohl durch Facheinrichtungen als auch durch Frührehabilitationsabteilungen an Akutkrankenhäusern erworben werden. Die Durchführung der Zertifizierung erfolgt analog zur Zertifizierung von Stroke-Units der Deutschen Schlaganfall-Gesellschaft in Zusammenarbeit mit dem TÜV Rheinland. Zunächst sendet die Einrichtung den Erhebungsbogen an den TÜV Rheinland. Anschließend erfolgt die Begehung durch einen vom TÜV Rheinland gestellten leitenden Auditor und einen Fachauditor der DGNR. Deren Bericht wird dem Zertifizierungsausschuss der DGNR vorgelegt zur Erteilung einer Empfehlung oder Ablehnung der Zertifizierung. Die Zertifizierung schafft objektive Kriterien, die die Rolle der Neurologie in der Beatmungsmedizin in Deutschland beschreiben. So erleichtert sie den Dialog mit anderen beatmungsmedizinischen Disziplinen und ebnet den Weg für die Diskussion mit Politikern, Kostenträgern und nicht zuletzt Betroffenenverbänden über Behandlungsinhalte und -kapazitäten.
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- 2021
45. [S1 Guideline Post-COVID/Long-COVID]
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Andreas Rembert, Koczulla, Tobias, Ankermann, Uta, Behrends, Peter, Berlit, Sebastian, Böing, Folke, Brinkmann, Christian, Franke, Rainer, Glöckl, Christian, Gogoll, Thomas, Hummel, Juliane, Kronsbein, Thomas, Maibaum, Eva M J, Peters, Michael, Pfeifer, Thomas, Platz, Matthias, Pletz, Georg, Pongratz, Frank, Powitz, Klaus F, Rabe, Carmen, Scheibenbogen, Andreas, Stallmach, Michael, Stegbauer, Hans Otto, Wagner, Christiane, Waller, Hubert, Wirtz, Andreas, Zeiher, and Ralf Harun, Zwick
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Consensus ,Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Pulmonary Medicine ,COVID-19 ,Humans - Abstract
The German Society of Pneumology initiated the AWMFS1 guideline Post-COVID/Long-COVID. In a broad interdisciplinary approach, this S1 guideline was designed based on the current state of knowledge.The clinical recommendation describes current post-COVID/long-COVID symptoms, diagnostic approaches, and therapies.In addition to the general and consensus introduction, a subject-specific approach was taken to summarize the current state of knowledge.The guideline has an expilcit practical claim and will be continuously developed and adapted by the author team based on the current increase in knowledge.Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pneumologie hat die AWMFS1-Leitlinie Post-COVID/Long-COVID initiiert. In einem breiten interdisziplinären Ansatz wurde diese S1-Leitlinie basierend auf dem aktuellen Wissensstand gestaltet.Die klinische Empfehlung beschreibt die aktuellen Post-COVID/Long-COVID-Symptome, diagnostische Ansätze und Therapien.Neben der allgemeinen und konsentierten Einführung wurde ein fachspezifischer Zugang gewählt, der den aktuellen Wissensstand zusammenfasst.Die Leitlinie hat einen expilzit praktischen Anspruch und wird basierend auf dem aktuellen Wissenszugewinn vom Autorenteam stetig weiterentwickelt und adaptiert.
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- 2021
46. S2k-Leitlinie: Therapie des spastischen Syndroms
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Thomas Platz
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Gynecology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,medicine ,business - Published
- 2019
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47. Recent seismicity in Valles Marineris, Mars: Insights from young faults, landslides, boulder falls and possible mud volcanoes
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P. Senthil Kumar, Anjali C. Dhabu, S. T. G. Raghukanth, K. J. Prasanna Lakshmi, Thomas Platz, and N. Krishna
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Amazonian ,Trough (geology) ,Landslide ,Mars Exploration Program ,010502 geochemistry & geophysics ,01 natural sciences ,Geophysics ,Impact crater ,Space and Planetary Science ,Geochemistry and Petrology ,Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Volcanic cone ,Seismology ,Geology ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Mud volcano ,Tharsis - Abstract
Current seismicity of Mars is poorly known. Geodynamic models and analysis of surface faults indicate that Mars could be seismically active globally, particularly within the Tharsis region. However, published geologic constraints on such activity are sparse. In this study, we use geomorphologic observations and crater size–frequency age determinations gleaned from high-resolution orbiter data to demonstrate that the Valles Marineris region is recently seismo-tectonically active. The chasmata shows evidence of reactivated dip-slip faults that cross-cut the chasmata walls and floors and indicates up to 1–2 km total vertical displacement along the trough bounding faults. More than 16000 boulder fall occurrences with pristine trails are observed throughout the chasmata wall with an average slope of 25 degrees. The boulder falls are interpreted to have been triggered by recent seismic shaking from the shallow marsquakes occurring along the chasmata faults, possibly in the last thousands of years. Synthetic ground motion models indicate several M W 4–6 marsquakes at shallow depths (∼1–6 km) are required to produce these canyon-wide boulder falls. In addition, the presence of many young landslides (22–790 Ma) proximal to the reactivated trough bounding faults and formation of thousands of possible mud volcanic cones throughout the chasmata floor all suggest marsquake-triggered shaking in the past tens to hundreds of million years, corresponding to Late to Middle Amazonian Epochs. We estimate formation of 20 m to 1.3 km diameter fresh impact craters around the chasmata had negligible contribution to the recent seismicity. Therefore, Valles Marineris tectonism is an important source of marsquakes that may be readily detectable by the upcoming InSight seismometers.
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- 2019
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48. [Evidence-based Practice Guidelines for the German Society for Neurology (DGN) and the German Society for Neurorehabilitation (DGNR): Methods for systematic evidence-to-decision process]
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Thomas, Platz
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Neurology ,Evidence-Based Practice ,Neurological Rehabilitation ,Humans ,Societies, Medical - Abstract
Evidence-based guidelines of high quality, which are prepared either by a scientific medical association (S2e guidelines) or by an interdisciplinary group of different medical associations (S3 guidelines), represent a combination of the best available external evidence (from clinical trials) and the recommendations derived from it for clinical practice. In the case of an interdisciplinary development, the recommendations are also formally agreed upon in a structured consensus process. They thus generate a high degree of certainty for clinicians that the state of the art is adequately taken into account in their decisions. Based on the guideline development methodology of the Association of Scientific Medical Societies (AWMF), the DGN and DGNR have agreed on standards for the implementation of the guideline development methodology for the evidence-based development of their guidelines, which are documented here. They make it clear to readers and users of evidence-based guidelines which content-related and methodological aspects have to be taken into account if practice recommendations are to be derived from and based on data available from clinical studies.Evidenzbasierte Leitlinien, die entweder von einer Fachgesellschaft (S2e-Leitlinien) oder fachgesellschaftsübergreifend (S3-Leitlinien) erstellt werden, verbinden mit hoher Entwicklungsqualität die derzeit beste verfügbare externe Evidenz (Studienlage) mit daraus abgeleiteten Empfehlungen für die klinische Praxis. Bei einer fachgesellschaftsübergreifenden Entwicklung werden die Empfehlungen zudem in einem strukturierten Konsensusverfahren formal konsentiert. Sie generieren damit für Kliniker eine hohe Sicherheit, bei ihren Entscheidungen den Stand der Wissenschaft adäquat zu berücksichtigen. Basierend auf der Leitlinienentwicklungsmethodik der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für wissenschaftliche medizinische Fachgesellschaften (AWMF), haben sich die DGN und DGNR auf Standards der Umsetzung der Leitlinienentwicklungsmethodik für die Evidenzbasierung ihrer Leitlinien verständigt, die hier dokumentiert werden. Dem Leser und Nutzer von evidenzbasierten Leitlinien machen sie verständlich, welche inhaltlich-methodischen Aspekte zu berücksichtigen sind, wenn aus der Datenlage aus klinischen Studien Praxisempfehlungen abgeleitet werden sollen.
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- 2021
49. Clinical Pathways in Stroke Rehabilitation
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Thomas Platz
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Neurology ,Evidence-based practice ,Rehabilitation ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Neuropsychology ,medicine.disease ,Clinical Practice ,Physical medicine and rehabilitation ,Clinical decision making ,medicine ,business ,Stroke ,Neurorehabilitation - Published
- 2021
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50. Arm Rehabilitation
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Thomas Platz, Linda Schmuck, Sybille Roschka, and Jane Burridge
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- 2021
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