Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria | |
The Kohs' blocks test as an important instrument to investigate the visuo-spatial impairments in myotonic dystrophy: part I. Quantitative and qualitative analysis | |
Cristina Maria Duarte Wigg2  Luiz Antonio Alves Duro1  | |
[1] ,Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Psicologia Department of Psychology | |
关键词: myotonic dystrophy; psychological tests; Kohs' blocks; distrofia miotônica; testes psicológicos; cubos de Kohs; alterações visuo-espaciais; | |
DOI : 10.1590/S0004-282X1999000400002 | |
来源: SciELO | |
【 摘 要 】
This study presents the performance of 39 cases of myotonic dystrophy on Kohs' blocks test (21 females and 18 males, age range from 9 to 70 years). On this test, the patients have to reproduce figures from models previously showed to them. Some of the patients had some kind of professional activity, while others had never exerted a professional occupation. The patients denoted considerable difficulty to perform the test. Some cases constructed entirely different figures in comparison to the presented drawings, translating visuo-spatial and constructional disabilities. The performance was insufficient in 71.4 % of the cases. These cases solved less than 50% of the test. The levels of analysis and synthesis were severely impaired. A total of 18 cases got less than 10 points, not reaching 20% of the test. The results showed the sensitivity of this test in detecting visuo-spatial impairment in myotonic dystrophy.
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