Sökning: "Psychomotor Disorders"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 16 avhandlingar innehållade orden Psychomotor Disorders.

  1. 1. Position-matching and goal-directed reaching acuity of the upper limb in chronic neck pain : associations to self-rated characteristics

    Författare :Jonas Sandlund; Mats Djupsjöbacka; Eugene Lyskov; Ronny Lorentzon; Alf Thorstensson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Neck pain; whiplash injuries; shoulder; proprioception; kinesthesis; vision; psychophysiology; somatosensory disorders; psychomotor performance; self assessment; Sports research; Idrottsforskning;

    Sammanfattning : Neck-shoulder pain is common in the general population and causes individual suffering as well as large costs for the society. Despite substantial efforts, there is still a shortage of methods for objective diagnosis and effective rehabilitation of such disorders. Thus, there is a great need to develop and evaluate new methods for these purposes. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Affective disorders : multivariate investigations of clinical and biological variables

    Författare :Björn Wahlund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Affective disorders; psychiatric symptoms; classification; unipolardepression; bipolar disorder; cortisol; melatonin; monoamine oxidase; principle componentanalysis.;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is a methodological and clinical investigation of patients with affective disorders. The goal of the study was to determine the extent to which biological and clinical measures may cluster clinical subpopulations. Analytical and statistical procedures were applied for this purpose. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Disorders of the cerebral white matter in children

    Författare :Ragnhildur Kristjánsdóttir; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; leukoencephalopathy - children - neurological impairments - magnetic resonance imaging - ophthalmology - visual evoked potentials - cerebrospinal fluid - sulfatide - glial fibrillary acidic protein - gangliosides - neurofilament - tau protein - monoamine metabolites;

    Sammanfattning : The aims of this thesis were to describe the clinical spectrum in a large group of children characterised as having an abnormal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signal from cerebral white matter (WM) and to study the radiological, clinical and ophthalmological features in that subgroup where aetiology was unknown. We also wanted to look at biochemical markers in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to elucidate pathological processes which were responsible for the WM abnormalities. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Psychomotor disturbances in bipolar disorder : investigations using structural and functional neuroimaging

    Författare :Benny Liberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Psychomotor disturbances in bipolar disorder are an expression of alterations in volition, cognition, emotion and motor control. While psychomotor disturbances remain a classic hallmark of severe mood disorders, there is limited knowledge about its mediators and neural correlates. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Cognitive functions in depression and anxiety disorders : findings from a population-based study

    Författare :Eija Airaksinen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :depression; anxiety; general population; cognitive functions; episodic memory; recovery; etiology; follow-up studies.;

    Sammanfattning : This doctorial thesis examines cognitive functions in depression and anxiety disorders in a populationbased sample that includes mostly untreated persons. It is well established that depression is associated with cognitive impairments. LÄS MER