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Maggio MG, Manuli A, Andaloro A, Chirieleison A, La Rosa G, Sciarrone F, Trinchera A, Calabrò RS. Improving Healthcare Professional Psychological Well-being in Neurorehabilitation: An Exploratory Study Focusing on Work Stress. Innov Clin Neurosci 2021; 18:21-28. [PMID: 34980990 PMCID: PMC8667696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Work stress (WS) is a set of harmful physical and emotional reactions that occur when the demands coming from work are not adequate to the skills, resources, or needs of the worker. This causes physical, mental, psychological, or social suffering and dysfunction, which can lead to burnout syndrome. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to evaluate WS in the healthcare professions, evaluating the effectiveness of a professional stress prevention program to promote a reduction in WS. METHODS Thirty-three healthcare professionals of the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) rehab ward of the IRCCS Neurolesi (Messina, Italy) were enrolled in this study. The professional stress prevention program was based on group support activities, as well as individual support. RESULTS At baseline, we found a high burnout risk in physiotherapists, physicians, and other healthcare professionals. At the end of the meetings, we found a normalization in WS, with a higher sense of personal realization in all of the health-professions, and a greater use of functional coping strategies. CONCLUSION The occupational stress-reducing intervention in healthcare teams can promote a reduction of stress and anxiety, encouraging more functional coping strategies to face work difficulties.
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- Maria Grazia Maggio
- Drs. Maggio, Manuli, Andaloro, Chirieleison, La Rosa, Sciaronne, Trinchera, and Calabrò are with IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo in Messina, Italy
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- Drs. Maggio, Manuli, Andaloro, Chirieleison, La Rosa, Sciaronne, Trinchera, and Calabrò are with IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo in Messina, Italy
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- Drs. Maggio, Manuli, Andaloro, Chirieleison, La Rosa, Sciaronne, Trinchera, and Calabrò are with IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo in Messina, Italy
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- Drs. Maggio, Manuli, Andaloro, Chirieleison, La Rosa, Sciaronne, Trinchera, and Calabrò are with IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo in Messina, Italy
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- Drs. Maggio, Manuli, Andaloro, Chirieleison, La Rosa, Sciaronne, Trinchera, and Calabrò are with IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo in Messina, Italy
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- Drs. Maggio, Manuli, Andaloro, Chirieleison, La Rosa, Sciaronne, Trinchera, and Calabrò are with IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo in Messina, Italy
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- Drs. Maggio, Manuli, Andaloro, Chirieleison, La Rosa, Sciaronne, Trinchera, and Calabrò are with IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo in Messina, Italy
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- Drs. Maggio, Manuli, Andaloro, Chirieleison, La Rosa, Sciaronne, Trinchera, and Calabrò are with IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo in Messina, Italy
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Portaro S, Naro A, Bramanti A, Leo A, Manuli A, Balletta T, Trinchera A, Bramanti P, Calabrò RS. Beyond the muscular involvement in non-dystrophic myotonias: The emerging role of neuromodulation. Restor Neurol Neurosci 2018; 36:459-467. [PMID: 29889082 DOI: 10.3233/rnn-170796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND The central nervous system involvement, in terms of a maladaptive sensory-motor plasticity, is well known in patients with dystrophic myotonias (DMs). To date, there are no data suggesting a central nervous system involvement in non-dystrophic myotonias (NDMs). OBJECTIVE To investigate sensory-motor plasticity in patients with Myotonia Congenita (MC) and Paramyotonia Congenita (PMC) with or without mexiletine. METHODS Twelve patients with a clinical, genetic, and electromyographic evidence of MC, fifteen with PMC, and 25 healthy controls (HC) were included in the study. TMS on both primary motor cortices (M1) and a rapid paired associative stimulation (rPAS) paradigm were carried out to assess M1 excitability and sensory-motor plasticity. RESULTS patients showed a higher cortical excitability and a deterioration of the topographic specificity of rPAS aftereffects, as compared to HCs. There was no correlation among neurophysiological and clinical-demographic characteristics. Noteworthy, the patients who were under mexiletine showed a minor impairment of the topographic specificity of rPAS aftereffects as compared to those who did not take the drug. CONCLUSION our findings could suggest the deterioration of cortical sensory-motor plasticity in patients with NDMs as a trait of the disease.
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- IRCSS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo, Messina, Italy
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- Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems "Edoardo Caianello" (ISASI), National Research Council of Italy, Messina, Italy
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- IRCSS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo, Messina, Italy
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- IRCSS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo, Messina, Italy
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Lo Buono V, Bonanno L, Palmeri R, Corallo F, Parisi S, Trinchera A, Sessa E, Pollicino P, Galletti B, Bramanti P, Marino S. Relation among Psychopathological Symptoms, Neuropsychological Domains, and Functional Disability in Subacute Poststroke Rehabilitation. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2018; 27:1381-1385. [PMID: 29422379 DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2017.12.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Revised: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Neuropsychiatric disorders are commonly observed in patients following a stroke. Among 30%-60% of poststroke patients suffer from depression and anxiety (18%-25%). Some authors suggest an association between psychological symptoms and lesions in specific brain areas. In particular, lesions in left frontal cortex and left basal ganglia are frequently associated with poststroke depression and with comorbidity of anxiety and depression, whereas isolated anxiety symptoms are frequently observed after right hemispheric lesions. METHODS We investigated the relationship between depressive symptoms and anxiety in patients with subacute stroke and lesion side, motor disability, and cognitive impairment. We enrolled 100 patients undergoing a rehabilitative program within 1-3 months after a first-onset stroke. RESULTS Our patients presented mild to moderate depressive and anxious symptoms after stroke. In the comparison between patients with right and left lesions, during subacute poststroke phase, we did not find a specific link between existence of psychiatric symptoms and lesion side. However, in left lesion, depression correlated with age and alteration in delayed memory and attention, whereas memory deficit influenced anxiety symptoms. On the contrary, in right lesion, depressive symptoms were associated with attention ability, whereas anxiety was related to memory and attention. Depression and anxiety were not related to degree of neurological and functional deficits. CONCLUSIONS The comorbidity between stroke and psychopathological disorders has been recognized as syndrome and should be diagnosed early and treated in order to improve the quality of life of patients and caregivers, and to improve rehabilitative process.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo", Messina; Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Calabrò RS, Naro A, Russo M, Milardi D, Leo A, Filoni S, Trinchera A, Bramanti P. Is two better than one? Muscle vibration plus robotic rehabilitation to improve upper limb spasticity and function: A pilot randomized controlled trial. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0185936. [PMID: 28973024 PMCID: PMC5626518 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Even though robotic rehabilitation is very useful to improve motor function, there is no conclusive evidence on its role in reducing post-stroke spasticity. Focal muscle vibration (MV) is instead very useful to reduce segmental spasticity, with a consequent positive effect on motor function. Therefore, it could be possible to strengthen the effects of robotic rehabilitation by coupling MV. To this end, we designed a pilot randomized controlled trial (Clinical Trial NCT03110718) that included twenty patients suffering from unilateral post-stroke upper limb spasticity. Patients underwent 40 daily sessions of Armeo-Power training (1 hour/session, 5 sessions/week, for 8 weeks) with or without spastic antagonist MV. They were randomized into two groups of 10 individuals, which received (group-A) or not (group-B) MV. The intensity of MV, represented by the peak acceleration (a-peak), was calculated by the formula (2πf)2A, where f is the frequency of MV and A is the amplitude. Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), short intracortical inhibition (SICI), and Hmax/Mmax ratio (HMR) were the primary outcomes measured before and after (immediately and 4 weeks later) the end of the treatment. In all patients of group-A, we observed a greater reduction of MAS (p = 0.007, d = 0.6) and HMR (p<0.001, d = 0.7), and a more evident increase of SICI (p<0.001, d = 0.7) up to 4 weeks after the end of the treatment, as compared to group-B. Likewise, group-A showed a greater function outcome of upper limb (Functional Independence Measure p = 0.1, d = 0.7; Fugl-Meyer Assessment of the Upper Extremity p = 0.007, d = 0.4) up to 4 weeks after the end of the treatment. A significant correlation was found between the degree of MAS reduction and SICI increase in the agonist spastic muscles (p = 0.004). Our data show that this combined rehabilitative approach could be a promising option in improving upper limb spasticity and motor function. We could hypothesize that the greater rehabilitative outcome improvement may depend on a reshape of corticospinal plasticity induced by a sort of associative plasticity between Armeo-Power and MV.
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- IRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino-Pulejo” Messina; Messina, Italy
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- IRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino-Pulejo” Messina; Messina, Italy
- Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences, and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina; Messina, Italy
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- IRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino-Pulejo” Messina; Messina, Italy
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- Fondazione Centri di Riabilitazione Padre Pio Onlus; San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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AIM OF THE STUDY Cranioplasty is the surgical repair of skull defects, which commonly is performed after traumatic skull injuries due to tumor removal or decompressive craniectomy. Several studies reported improvement in cognitive functions following cranioplasty in patients with severe brain damage. The reasons why exist such clinical improvement is not completely understood, although the increase in cerebrospinal fluid hydrodynamics with the potential improvement of local and global cerebral hemodynamics, blood flow, and metabolism may play a pivotal role. We investigated whether the cranioplasty improved neurological recovery and the whole array of cognitive functions or just some specific domains. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 30 consecutive brain-injured subjects with craniectomy were enrolled and underwent a structured neuropsychological assessment immediately before the cranioplasty, 1 month after the cranioplasty and 1 year after the surgical procedure. RESULTS Our results showed that cranioplasty may facilitate the cognitive recovery, independently from the surgical timing. Particularly, we observed an important cognitive recovery in the period immediately after cranioplasty, while the improvement trend settles after a lapse of time, and the recovery starts to slow down. CONCLUSIONS Cranioplasty seems to significantly improve neuropsychological and motor status in the patients with skull defects, independently from cranioplasty timing and patient's clinical status.
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- a IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino Pulejo" , Messina , Italy
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Ciaccia C, Testani E, Campanelli G, Sestili S, Leteo F, Tittarelli F, Riva F, Canali S, Trinchera A. Ecological service providing crops effect on melon-weed competition and allelopathic interactions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s13165-014-0088-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Francaviglia R, Gataleta L, Marchionni M, Trinchera A, Aromolo R, Benedetti A, Nisini L, Morselli L, Brusori B, Olivieri P, Bernardi E. Soil quality and vulnerability in a Mediterranean natural ecosystem of Central Italy. Chemosphere 2004; 55:455-466. [PMID: 14987944 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2003.10.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2003] [Revised: 10/20/2003] [Accepted: 10/30/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Wet and dry atmospheric depositions and soil chemical and microbiological properties were determined in a Mediterranean natural ecosystem of Central Italy near Rome (Castelporziano Estate). The monitoring of depositions permitted us to quantify the exceedances of S and N compounds (expressed as eqH(+)ha(-1)year(-1)) over the critical loads of acidity. Critical loads, i.e. the quantity of a substance which a part of the environment can tolerate without adverse effects occurring, were determined adopting the level 0 methodology following the UN/ECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution. Deposition data were available for the period 1992-1997, and acidity exceedances were referred to the main vegetation types present in the area. Results showed that most part of the Estate has a medium degree of vulnerability to acidification, and the corresponding risk of acidification deriving from the exceedances of atmospheric deposition was rather low. The study of soil chemical and microbiological properties included mainly total soil organic carbon (SOC), microbial biomass-C, biomass-C/SOC, soil respiration, and metabolic quotient (qCO2). Soil organic C metabolism has been discussed on the basis of the results from eight sampling sites.
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- R Francaviglia
- Istituto Sperimentale per la Nutrizione delle Piante, Via della Navicella 2-4, I 00184 Rome, Italy.
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Pinzari F, Trinchera A, Benedetti A, Sequi P. Use of biochemical indices in the mediterranean environment: comparison among soils under different forest vegetation. J Microbiol Methods 1999; 36:21-8. [PMID: 10353796 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7012(99)00007-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In the present study, soil biomass activity, organic carbon storage, and turnover times were compared in adjacent mediterranean biotopes with different forest vegetation, to analyze the effects of litter diversity and soil management protocols on microbial decomposition rates. Samples of forest soil from four vegetation types were collected at depths of 0-20 and 20-40 cm in the 'Tenuta Presidenziale di Castelporziano' Reserve on the Tyrrhenian coast, near Rome (Italy). The samples were incubated under standard laboratory conditions (-33 kPa water tension, and 30 degrees C), in order to compare the microbial activity independently of temperature and humidity. The CO2-C accumulation curves over a 28-d incubation period showed substantially different kinetics between the samples; in particular, soils with above-ground diversity were characterised by high mineralization activity when compared with those sampled under monospecific vegetation. For all the sites, statistically significant linear correlation was observed between nitrogen concentration and potentially mineralizable carbon (r = 0.97), and microbial biomass carbon (Cmic) to total organic carbon (Corg) ratio and the microbial metabolic quotient q(CO2) (r = -0.96). The q(CO2), indicator of the stability of ecosystems, was enhanced by plant diversity, while the Cmic:Corg ratio was reduced.
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- F Pinzari
- Istituto Sperimentale per la Nutrizione delle Piante, Rome, Italy.
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