PRE-SURGICAL FMRI LOCALIZATION OF THE HAND MOTOR CORTEX IN BRAIN TUMORS: COMPARISON BETWEEN FINGER TAPPING TASK AND A NEW VISUAL-TRIGGERED FINGER MOVEMENT TASK

Introduction: Pre-surgical mapping is clinically essential in the surgical management of brain tumors to preserve functions.A common technique to localize eloquent areas is functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).In tumors involving the peri-rolandic regions, the finger tapping task (FTT) is typically administered to delineate the functional a

While the field of empirical study on religion and spirituality in relation to mental health has rapidly expanded over the past decade, little is known about underlying dimensions of spirituality cross-culturally conceived.We aimed to bridge this gap by inductively deriving potential universal dimensions of spirituality through a large-scale, multi

Category: Bunion; Midfoot/Forefoot; Other Introduction/Purpose: Previous studies have demonstrated success in using autogenous bone graft for arthrodesis in patients with previously failed surgeries of the hallux.These patients have several causes for pain and dysfunction preoperatively, including shortened first ray, nonunions, and poor hallux ali

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the gold standard for measuring the safety and efficacy of drugs.However, they are being challenged by payers and health care providers since they are looking for real Stacking Chair world evidence (RWE) to validate whether the new intervention provides similar safety and efficacy as reported in RCT data.RWE