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    • Acoustic and Perceived Measurements Certifying Tango as Voice Treatment Method 

      Tafiadis D., Kosma E.I., Chronopoulos S.K., Papadopoulos A., Toki E.I., Vassiliki S., Ziavra N. (2018)
      Voice disorders are affecting everyday life in many levels, and their prevalence has been studied extensively in certain and general populations. Notably, several factors have a cohesive influence on voice disorders and ...

    • AMPA receptor GluA2 subunit defects are a cause of neurodevelopmental disorders 

      Salpietro V., Dixon C.L., Guo H., Bello O.D., Vandrovcova J., Efthymiou S., Maroofian R., Heimer G., Burglen L., Valence S., Torti E., Hacke M., Rankin J., Tariq H., Colin E., Procaccio V., Striano P., Mankad K., Lieb A., Chen S., Pisani L., Bettencourt C., Männikkö R., Manole A., Brusco A., Grosso E., Ferrero G.B., Armstrong-Moron J., Gueden S., Bar-Yosef O., Tzadok M., Monaghan K.G., Santiago-Sim T., Person R.E., Cho M.T., Willaert R., Yoo Y., Chae J.-H., Quan Y., Wu H., Wang T., Bernier R.A., Xia K., Blesson A., Jain M., Motazacker M.M., Jaeger B., Schneider A.L., Boysen K., Muir A.M., Myers C.T., Gavrilova R.H., Gunderson L., Schultz-Rogers L., Klee E.W., Dyment D., Osmond M., Parellada M., Llorente C., Gonzalez-Peñas J., Carracedo A., Van Haeringen A., Ruivenkamp C., Nava C., Heron D., Nardello R., Iacomino M., Minetti C., Skabar A., Fabretto A., Hanna M.G., Bugiardini E., Hostettler I., O’Callaghan B., Khan A., Cortese A., O’Connor E., Yau W.Y., Bourinaris T., Kaiyrzhanov R., Chelban V., Madej M., Diana M.C., Vari M.S., Pedemonte M., Bruno C., Balagura G., Scala M., Fiorillo C., Nobili L., Malintan N.T., Zanetti M.N., Krishnakumar S.S., Lignani G., Jepson J.E.C., Broda P., Baldassari S., Rossi P., Fruscione F., Madia F., Traverso M., De-Marco P., Pérez-Dueñas B., Munell F., Kriouile Y., El-Khorassani M., Karashova B., Avdjieva D., Kathom H., Tincheva R., Van-Maldergem L., Nachbauer W., Boesch S., Gagliano A., Amadori E., Goraya J.S., Sultan T., Kirmani S., Ibrahim S., Jan F., Mine J., Banu S., Veggiotti P., Zuccotti G.V., Ferrari M.D., Van Den Maagdenberg A.M.J., Verrotti A., Marseglia G.L., Savasta S., Soler M.A., Scuderi C., Borgione E., Chimenz R., Gitto E., Dipasquale V., Sallemi A., Fusco M., Cuppari C., Cutrupi M.C., Ruggieri M., Cama A., Capra V., Mencacci N.E., Boles R., Gupta N., Kabra M., Papacostas S., Zamba-Papanicolaou E., Dardiotis E., Maqbool S., Rana N., Atawneh O., Lim S.Y., Shaikh F., Koutsis G., Breza M., Coviello D.A., Dauvilliers Y.A., AlKhawaja I., AlKhawaja M., Al-Mutairi F., Stojkovic T., Ferrucci V., Zollo M., Alkuraya F.S., Kinali M., Sherifa H., Benrhouma H., Turki I.B.Y., Tazir M., Obeid M., Bakhtadze S., Saadi N.W., Zaki M.S., Triki C.C., Benfenati F., Gustincich S., Kara M., Belcastro V., Specchio N., Capovilla G., Karimiani E.G., Salih A.M., Okubadejo N.U., Ojo O.O., Oshinaike O.O., Oguntunde O., Wahab K., Bello A.H., Abubakar S., Obiabo Y., Nwazor E., Ekenze O., Williams U., Iyagba A., Taiwo L., Komolafe M., Senkevich K., Shashkin C., Zharkynbekova N., Koneyev K., Manizha G., Isrofilov M., Guliyeva U., Salayev K., Khachatryan S., Rossi S., Silvestri G., Haridy N., Ramenghi L.A., Xiromerisiou G., David E., Aguennouz M., Fidani L., Spanaki C., Tucci A., Raspall-Chaure M., Chez M., Tsai A., Fassi E., Shinawi M., Constantino J.N., De Zorzi R., Fortuna S., Kok F., Keren B., Bonneau D., Choi M., Benzeev B., Zara F., Mefford H.C., Scheffer I.E., Clayton-Smith J., Macaya A., Rothman J.E., Eichler E.E., Kullmann D.M., Houlden H., SYNAPS Study Group (2019)
      AMPA receptors (AMPARs) are tetrameric ligand-gated channels made up of combinations of GluA1-4 subunits encoded by GRIA1-4 genes. GluA2 has an especially important role because, following post-transcriptional editing at ...

    • Anemia on admission predicts short- and long-term outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke 

      Milionis, H.; Papavasileiou, V.; Eskandari, A.; D'Ambrogio-Remillard, S.; Ntaios, G.; Michel, P. (2015)
      BackgroundIt is still debatable whether anemia predicts stroke outcome. AimTo describe the characteristics of patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and anemia and identify whether hemoglobin status on admission is a ...

    • Anti-cd20 agents for multiple sclerosis: Spotlight on ocrelizumab and ofatumumab 

      Florou D., Katsara M., Feehan J., Dardiotis E., Apostolopoulos V. (2020)
      Until recently, in the pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), the contribution of B cells has been largely underestimated, and the disease was considered a T-cell-mediated disorder. However, newer evidence shows that B ...

    • AQP4 tag SNPs in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage in Greek and Polish population 

      Dardiotis E., Siokas V., Marogianni C., Aloizou A.-M., Sokratous M., Paterakis K., Dardioti M., Grigoriadis S., Brotis A., Kapsalaki E., Fountas K., Jagiella J., Hadjigeorgiou G.M. (2019)
      Backround: A relatively small number of genetic variants are implicated to pathophysiology of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) has been reported to be implicated in the pathophysiological processes of ICH ...

    • Baseline neurofilament levels in cerebrospinal fluid do not correlate with long-term prognosis in multiple sclerosis 

      Aloizou A.-M., Liampas I., Provatas A., Brotis A., Siokas V., Bakritzis C., Liakos P., Tsouris Z., Dardiotis E. (2022)
      Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. Up to this day, no single accurate prognostic biomarker has been established in this disease. Neurofilaments are ...

    • Bronchial Asthma and Sarcopenia: An Upcoming Potential Interaction 

      Karakousis N.D., Kotsiou O.S., Gourgoulianis K.I. (2022)
      Background: Sarcopenia seems to be an emerging health issue worldwide, concerning the progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass, accompanied by adverse outcomes. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory respiratory condition that ...

    • Bundle of Measures for External Cerebral Ventricular Drainage-Associated Ventriculitis 

      Chatzi, M.; Karvouniaris, M.; Makris, D.; Tsimitrea, E.; Gatos, C.; Tasiou, A.; Mantzarlis, K.; Fountas, K. N.; Zakynthinos, E. (2014)
      Objective: To assess the prevalence and outcome of external cerebral ventricular drainage-associated ventriculitis in neurocritical patients before and after the implementation of a bundle of external cerebral ventricular ...

    • Characteristics and Outcomes in Patients with COVID-19 and Acute Ischemic Stroke: The Global COVID-19 Stroke Registry 

      Ntaios G., Michel P., Georgiopoulos G., Guo Y., Li W., Xiong J., Calleja P., Ostos F., González-Ortega G., Fuentes B., Alonso De Leciñana M., Díez-Tejedor E., García-Madrona S., Masjuan J., Defelipe A., Turc G., Gonçalves B., Domigo V., Dan G.-A., Vezeteu R., Christensen H., Christensen L.M., Meden P., Hajdarevic L., Rodriguez-Lopez A., Díaz-Otero F., García-Pastor A., Gil-Nuñez A., Maslias E., Strambo D., Werring D.J., Chandratheva A., Benjamin L., Simister R., Perry R., Beyrouti R., Jabbour P., Sweid A., Tjoumakaris S., Cuadrado-Godia E., Campello A.R., Roquer J., Moreira T., Mazya M.V., Bandini F., Matz K., Iversen H.K., González-Duarte A., Tiu C., Ferrari J., Vosko M.R., Salzer H.J.F., Lamprecht B., Dünser M.W., Cereda C.W., Quintero Á.B.C., Korompoki E., Soriano-Navarro E., Soto-Ramírez L.E., Castañeda-Méndez P.F., Bay-Sansores D., Arauz A., Cano-Nigenda V., Kristoffersen E.S., Tiainen M., Strbian D., Putaala J., Lip G.Y.H. (2020)
      Recent case-series of small size implied a pathophysiological association between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and severe large-vessel acute ischemic stroke. Given that severe strokes are typically associated with ...

    • Cognitive impairment in heart failure 

      Dardiotis, E.; Giamouzis, G.; Mastrogiannis, D.; Vogiatzi, C.; Skoularigis, J.; Triposkiadis, F.; Hadjigeorgiou, G. M. (2012)
      Cognitive impairment (CI) is increasingly recognized as a common adverse consequence of heart failure (HF). Although the exact mechanisms remain unclear, microembolism, chronic or intermittent cerebral hypoperfusion, and/or ...

    • Comparison of Voice Handicap Index Scores Between Female Students of Speech Therapy and Other Health Professions 

      Tafiadis D., Chronopoulos S.K., Siafaka V., Drosos K., Kosma E.I., Toki E.I., Ziavra N. (2017)
      Students' groups (eg, teachers, speech language pathologists) are presumably at risk of developing a voice disorder due to misuse of their voice, which will affect their way of living. Multidisciplinary voice assessment ...

    • Continuing versus Stopping Prestroke Antihypertensive Therapy in Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Subgroup Analysis of the Efficacy of Nitric Oxide in Stroke Trial 

      Krishnan K., Scutt P., Woodhouse L., Adami A., Becker J.L., Cala L.A., Casado A.M., Chen C., Dineen R.A., Gommans J., Koumellis P., Christensen H., Collins R., Czlonkowska A., Lees K.R., Ntaios G., Ozturk S., Phillips S.J., Sprigg N., Szatmari S., Wardlaw J.M., Bath P.M., ENOS Investigators (2016)
      Background and purpose More than 50% of patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) are taking antihypertensive drugs before ictus. Although antihypertensive therapy should be given long term for secondary prevention, ...

    • Cross-cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Greek Voice Handicap Index-10 (GVHI-10) With Additional Receiver Operating Characteristic Analysis 

      Tafiadis D., Helidoni M.E., Chronopoulos S.K., Kosma E.I., Ziavra N., Velegrakis G.A. (2020)
      Objective(s): The use of subjective evaluation tools are proven useful and of high clinical value in the case of voice disordered population. For that type of evaluation, self-assessment questionnaires about the severity ...

    • THE EFFECT OF A TRADITIONAL DANCE TRAINING PROGRAM ON THE PHYSICAL FITNESS OF ADULTS WITH HEARING LOSS 

      Tsimaras, V. K.; Kyriazis, D. A.; Christoulas, K. I.; Fotiadou, E. G.; Kokaridas, D. G.; Angelopoulou, N. A. (2010)
      Tsimaras, VK, Kyriazis, DA, Christoulas, KI, Fotiadou, EG, Kokaridas, DG, and Angelopoulou, NA. The effect of a traditional dance training program on the physical fitness of adults with hearing loss. J Strength Cond Res ...

    • Effect of Hyperacute Administration (Within 6 Hours) of Transdermal Glyceryl Trinitrate, a Nitric Oxide Donor, on Outcome after Stroke: Subgroup Analysis of the Efficacy of Nitric Oxide in Stroke (ENOS) Trial 

      Woodhouse L., Scutt P., Krishnan K., Berge E., Gommans J., Ntaios G., Wardlaw J., Sprigg N., Bath P.M. (2015)
      Background and Purpose-Nitric oxide donors are candidate treatments for acute stroke, potentially through hemodynamic, reperfusion, and neuroprotectant effects, especially if given early. Although the large Efficacy of ...

    • Effectiveness of integration and re-integration into work strategies for persons with chronic conditions: A systematic review of European strategies 

      Sabariego C., Coenen M., Ito E., Fheodoroff K., Scaratti C., Leonardi M., Vlachou A., Stavroussi P., Brecelj V., Kovačič D.S., Esteban E. (2018)
      Due to low employment rates associated to chronic conditions in Europe, it is essential to foster effective integration and re-integration into work strategies. The objective of this systematic review is to summarize the ...

    • Effectiveness of neural mobilization with intermittent cervical traction in the management of cervical radiculopathy: A randomized controlled trial 

      Savva C., Giakas G., Efstathiou M., Karagiannis C., Mamais I. (2016)
      Background The effectiveness of both neural mobilization and intermittent cervical traction (ICT) has been previously explored in some studies of generally low methodological quality. However, the effect of simultaneous ...

    • The Effectiveness of Spinal, Diaphragmatic, and Specific Stabilization Exercise Manual Therapy and Respiratory-Related Interventions in Patients with Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

      Tatsios P.I., Grammatopoulou E., Dimitriadis Z., Papandreou M., Paraskevopoulos E., Spanos S., Karakasidou P., Koumantakis G.A. (2022)
      Patients with nonspecific chronic neck pain (NSCNP) exhibit respiratory dysfunction. This systematic review aimed to analyze randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating the effect of spinal and/or diaphragmatic and/or ...

    • Effects of Pilates and trunk strengthening exercises on health-related quality of life in women with chronic low back pain 

      Kofotolis N., Kellis E., Vlachopoulos S.P., Gouitas I., Theodorakis Y. (2016)
      BACKGROUND: Pilates programs are widely used as a form of regular exercise in a broad range of populations investigating their effectiveness for chronic low back pain (CLBP) treatment. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was ...

    • The efficacy of Natalizumab versus Fingolimod for patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: A systematic review, indirect evidence from randomized placebo-controlled trials and meta-analysis of observational head-to-head trials 

      Tsivgoulis G., Katsanos A.H., Mavridis D., Grigoriadis N., Dardiotis E., Heliopoulos I., Papathanasopoulos P., Karapanayiotides T., Kilidireas C., Hadjigeorgiou G.M., Voumvourakis K., Gravanis A., Papadimitriou A., Rompos A., Mouzaki A., Kylintireas C., Voumvourakis C., Karagogeos D., Hadjigeorgiou G., Kollias G., Helliopoulos I., Probert L., Ioannidis P., Pelidou S.-E., Tzartos S., Karapanagiotides T., Panoutsakopoulou V., HELANI (Hellenic Academy of Neuroimmunology) (2016)
      Background: Although Fingolimod (FGD) and Natalizumab (NTZ) appear to be effective in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), they have never been directly compared in a randomized clinical trial (RCT). Methods and ...