Psychomotor and motor functioning in children with cryptogenic localization related epilepsy

Saskia G. M. van Mil; Nora M. de la Parra; Rianne P. Reijs; Mariette H. J. A. Debeij-van Hall; Albert P. Aldenkamp

doi:10.3233/NRE-2010-0565

Psychomotor and motor functioning in children with cryptogenic localization related epilepsy

Saskia G. M. van Mil, Nora M. de la Parra^*, Rianne P. Reijs, Mariette H. J. A. Debeij-van Hall, Albert P. Aldenkamp

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate psychomotor- and motor functioning in children with cryptogenic localization related epilepsy (CLRE) and to explore possible relationships between these two functions. Eighty-nine children were included. Results of reaction times measurements and motor functioning tasks were compared to age-related normative values. Correlations between the psychomotor and motor tasks were computed. Manual dexterity and balance problems are present in about 35% of CLRE-children. Ball skills are problematic in approximately 55% of the children. Simple reaction time measurements showed significantly slowing for CLRE children relative to the reference values. Also, performance on the m-ABC was significantly lower than the reference values. The better the child's performance on the simple reaction time measurements, the better the performance on the m-ABC.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	291-297
Journal	Neurorehabilitation
Volume	26
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/NRE-2010-0565
Publication status	Published - 2010

Keywords

Cryptogenic localization related epilepsy
children
psychomotor functioning
motor functioning
epilepsy

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