ALESSANDRA FERREIRA BARBOSA LEE
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- Avaliação interdisciplinar da diadococinesia: um estudo piloto(2017) ALBUQUERQUE, Jessica Talita da Cruz; MACEDO, Tamara Passos; FAVERO, Francis Meire; BARBOSA, Alessandra Ferreira; CAROMANO, Fátima Aparecida; VOOS, Mariana CallilABSTRACT Diadochokinesis is the ability to perform fast, repeated and alternate movements. Diadochokinesis tests can assess both speech and upper extremities. The primary objective was to present an interdisciplinary diadochokinesis assessment protocol. The secondary objectives were to compare the performance with different phonemes of the oral diadochokinesis test (/papapa/, /tatata/, /kakaka/ and /pataka/); to compare the performance with different conditions of the upper extremities diadochokinesis test (conducted with both upper extremities in a mirrored manner, only with the right upper extremity, only with the left upper extremity, with both upper extremities in an alternately manner); and to investigate possible relationships between oral and upper extremities diadochokinesis. A total of fifteen healthy adults/seniors from 40 to 70 years old participated. Data were represented by descriptive statistics. The syllable numbers in /papapa/, /tatata/, /kakaka/ and /pataka/ conditions and the numbers of movements in mirrored, right, left and alternated conditions were compared by ANOVA and correlated by Pearson test. There was no significant difference in results between the phonemes of oral diadochokinesis test (p<0.001). There was difference between the conditions assessed in the upper extremities diadochokinesis test (p<0.001). The number of repeated phonemes was correlated with the alternate performance of upper extremities. We concluded that the correlation between scores of oral and upper extremities diadochokinesis tests can be explained by the fact that motor and language programs are predominantly represented in the left hemisphere. Common/connected brain areas or motor programs in common can guide these tasks.
- The competition with a concurrent cognitive task affects posturographic measures in patients with Parkinson disease(2015) BARBOSA, Alessandra Ferreira; SOUZA, Carolina de Oliveira; CHEN, Janini; FRANCATO, Debora Valente; CAROMANO, Fatima Aparecida; CHIEN, Hsin Fen; BARBOSA, Egberto Reis; GREVE, Julia Maria D'Andrea; VOOS, Mariana CallilObjectives: To estimate the impact of a sensory-motor-cognitive task on postural balance, in Parkinson disease patients (Hoehn and Yahr 2-3) and to investigate possible relationships between posturography and functional balance clinical scales. Method: Parkinson disease patients (n = 40) and healthy controls (n = 27) were evaluated with fluency tests, Berg Balance scale, Mini Best test and static posturography on the conditions eyes open, eyes closed and dual-task (simultaneous balance and fluency tasks). Results: Posturographic data showed that Parkinson disease patients performed worse than controls in all evaluations. In general, balance on dual-task was significantly poorer than balance with eyes closed. Posturographic data were weakly correlated to clinical balance scales. Conclusion: In clinical practice, Parkinson disease patients are commonly assessed with eyes closed, to sensitize balance. Our study showed that adding a cognitive task is even more effective. Static posturographic data should be carefully overgeneralized to infer functional balance impairments.
- Visual, cognitive and motor skills in children with type I spinal muscle atrophy(2015) VOOS, M.; POLIDO, G.; BARBOSA, A.; FAVERO, F.; CAROMANO, F.
- Matching pairs difficulty in children with spinal muscular atrophy type I(2017) POLIDO, Graziela Jorge; BARBOSA, Alessandra Ferreira; MORIMOTO, Carlos Hitoshi; CAROMANO, Fatima Aparecida; FAVERO, Francis Meire; ZANOTELI, Edmar; REED, Umbertina Conti; VOOS, Mariana CallilThis study aimed to investigate the performance on pair-matching tasks in children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy type I (SMA-I) and the relationship between this performance and motor function, functional independence and quality of life. SMA-I (n = 12; 6.0 +/- 2.3 yrs; 9 boys, 3 girls) and control sex-, age-matched children (n = 12; 6.2 +/- 2.6 yrs) performed four pair-matching figure, number and letter tasks. The eye tracker detected eye movements. SMA-I children were assessed with CHOP INTEND, Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory, and Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. Analysis of variance showed that SMA-I children had a lower percentage of correct answers and longer timed performance compared to controls (p < 0.05). Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory score (social function domain) was correlated to the percentage of correct answers on the pair-matching tasks on task 1 (r = 0.81; p = 0.001) and task 2 (r = 0.66; p = 0.020). Pair-matching performance of SMA-I children was poorer than the performance of control children. There was a relationship between pair-matching performance and social function. The restricted interaction with the environment, due to severe paralysis and poor verbal communication, is associated with cognitive difficulties in SMA-I children. The eye tracker was helpful in cognitive assessment of SMA-I children, who responded to the cognitive tests with eye movements.