Neuropsychological profiles of children with cerebral palsy.

摘要: ABSTRACTPurpose: To explore factors contributing to variability in cognitive functioning children with cerebral palsy (CP). Method: A geographical cohort of 70 CP was assessed tests language comprehension, visual-spatial reasoning, attention, working memory, and executive functioning. Mean age 9;9 years (range 5;1–17;7), 54.3% were girls, 50.0% had hemiplegic, 25.7% diplegic, 12.9% quadriplegic, 11.4% dyskinetic CP. For the participants severe motor impairments, assessments adapted for gaze pointing. quotient (CQ) computed. Results: CQ 78.5 19–123). Gross functioning, epilepsy, type brain injury explained 35.5% variance (F = 10.643, p .000). Conclusion: Twenty-four percent an intellectual disability, most them quadriplegic Verbal comprehension perceptual reasoning scores did only differ 21% uneven profile, whom two-thirds challenges wit...