Normal pressure hydrocephalus is a treatable condition for many patients. The assessment findings in NPH include a distinctive gait abnormality and disturbances in cognition and control of urine. Some ...

Imagine you or a loved one are walking normally, then, slowly, you start to shuffle. You lose bladder control and, possibly most frightening, your memory starts to fade. These are all symptoms that ...

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Normal pressure hydrocephalus is a form of adult hydrocephalus with ventriculomegaly in the absence of any structural blockage of the cerebrospinal fluid circulation. Normal pressure hydrocephalus is ...

Neurologic abnormalities affecting gait occur early in several types of non-Alzheimer's dementias, but their value in predicting the development of dementia is uncertain. We analyzed the relation ...

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Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is an uncommon problem most commonly found in people over 60. There are three types of symptoms that are found in NPH: changes in a person’s walking; memory loss as ...

Abnormal gait or a walking abnormality is when a person is unable to walk in a typical way. This may be due to injuries, underlying conditions, or issues with the legs and feet. Walking may seems to ...

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None — Hydrocephalus The brain and spinal cord are surrounded by a clear, watery fluid, called cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The fluid, produced in the ventricles (spaces in the brain), serves three main ...

Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is one of the few reversible causes of dementia in older adults and accounts for approximately 6% of all dementias. The cardinal sign of NPH is a hypokinetic gait ...