The Kohs' blocks test as an important instrument to investigate the visuo-spatial impairments in myotonic dystrophy: part I. Quantitative and qualitative analysis
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 acti...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Thieme Revinter Publicações
1999-09-01
|
| Series: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1999000400002&tlng=en |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1849304290814853120 |
|---|---|
| author | CRISTINA MARIA DUARTE WIGG LUIZ ANTONIO ALVES DURO |
| author_facet | CRISTINA MARIA DUARTE WIGG LUIZ ANTONIO ALVES DURO |
| author_sort | CRISTINA MARIA DUARTE WIGG |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | 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. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-19cc904da6f64bf08b22d57d014df5c7 |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 1678-4227 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 1999-09-01 |
| publisher | Thieme Revinter Publicações |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
| spelling | doaj-art-19cc904da6f64bf08b22d57d014df5c72025-08-20T03:55:45ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42271999-09-01573A54755510.1590/S0004-282X1999000400002The Kohs' blocks test as an important instrument to investigate the visuo-spatial impairments in myotonic dystrophy: part I. Quantitative and qualitative analysisCRISTINA MARIA DUARTE WIGG0LUIZ ANTONIO ALVES DURO1Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroThis 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1999000400002&tlng=enmyotonic dystrophypsychological testsKohs' blocks |
| spellingShingle | CRISTINA MARIA DUARTE WIGG LUIZ ANTONIO ALVES DURO The Kohs' blocks test as an important instrument to investigate the visuo-spatial impairments in myotonic dystrophy: part I. Quantitative and qualitative analysis Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria myotonic dystrophy psychological tests Kohs' blocks |
| title | The Kohs' blocks test as an important instrument to investigate the visuo-spatial impairments in myotonic dystrophy: part I. Quantitative and qualitative analysis |
| title_full | The Kohs' blocks test as an important instrument to investigate the visuo-spatial impairments in myotonic dystrophy: part I. Quantitative and qualitative analysis |
| title_fullStr | The Kohs' blocks test as an important instrument to investigate the visuo-spatial impairments in myotonic dystrophy: part I. Quantitative and qualitative analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Kohs' blocks test as an important instrument to investigate the visuo-spatial impairments in myotonic dystrophy: part I. Quantitative and qualitative analysis |
| title_short | The Kohs' blocks test as an important instrument to investigate the visuo-spatial impairments in myotonic dystrophy: part I. Quantitative and qualitative analysis |
| title_sort | kohs blocks test as an important instrument to investigate the visuo spatial impairments in myotonic dystrophy part i quantitative and qualitative analysis |
| topic | myotonic dystrophy psychological tests Kohs' blocks |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1999000400002&tlng=en |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT cristinamariaduartewigg thekohsblockstestasanimportantinstrumenttoinvestigatethevisuospatialimpairmentsinmyotonicdystrophypartiquantitativeandqualitativeanalysis AT luizantonioalvesduro thekohsblockstestasanimportantinstrumenttoinvestigatethevisuospatialimpairmentsinmyotonicdystrophypartiquantitativeandqualitativeanalysis AT cristinamariaduartewigg kohsblockstestasanimportantinstrumenttoinvestigatethevisuospatialimpairmentsinmyotonicdystrophypartiquantitativeandqualitativeanalysis AT luizantonioalvesduro kohsblockstestasanimportantinstrumenttoinvestigatethevisuospatialimpairmentsinmyotonicdystrophypartiquantitativeandqualitativeanalysis |