Developmental lag of visuospatial attention in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

摘要: Children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) present a specific deficit of voluntary attention but to date there has been no clear characterization their attentional skills. The study investigated the hypothesis that DMD patients deficits both and automatic visuospatial systems performance could be equivalent younger healthy males. Twenty males (mean age 10 years) diagnosis DMD, 20 age-matched (10 years 3 months) (7 6 were required perform two tasks: automatic. In task, group was significantly worse than group, equal controls. task also, less efficient controls children. This supports previous report in extends evidence include also an system deficit. development level is below expected for corresponds delay about three years.