The neuropsychological and behavioural sequelae of children with myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus
Thirty-six myelomeningocele children with hydrocephalus (between 9-16 years of age) were evaluated on a battery of neuropsychological tests and behavioural measures. The children obtained a FSIQ on the WISC-R of greater than 60 and all were attending school on a regular basis. Results showed tha...
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ndltd-uvic.ca-oai-dspace.library.uvic.ca-1828-57262015-01-29T16:52:46Z The neuropsychological and behavioural sequelae of children with myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus O'Connor, Martina Joschko, Michael Myelomeningocele Hydrocephalus neuropsychological tests children Thirty-six myelomeningocele children with hydrocephalus (between 9-16 years of age) were evaluated on a battery of neuropsychological tests and behavioural measures. The children obtained a FSIQ on the WISC-R of greater than 60 and all were attending school on a regular basis. Results showed that the myelomeningocele children, as a group, performed as well as the normative sample on measures of auditory comprehension, fine motor speed, accuracy on a visuomotor speeded task, stereognosis, and single-word reading. Although there was substantial variability within the myelomeningocele sample in terms of level of cognitive performance, as a group, with the exception of the above mentioned measures, they performed below the level expected for their age on the remaining measures in the neuropsychological test battery (83.63% of tests administered). Graduate 2014-11-12T19:39:34Z 2014-11-12T19:39:34Z 1989 2014-11-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5726 English en Available to the World Wide Web |
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Thirty-six myelomeningocele children with hydrocephalus (between
9-16 years of age) were evaluated on a battery of neuropsychological tests
and behavioural measures. The children obtained a FSIQ on the WISC-R of
greater than 60 and all were attending school on a regular basis.
Results showed that the myelomeningocele children, as a group,
performed as well as the normative sample on measures of auditory
comprehension, fine motor speed, accuracy on a visuomotor speeded task,
stereognosis, and single-word reading.
Although there was substantial variability within the
myelomeningocele sample in terms of level of cognitive performance, as a
group, with the exception of the above mentioned measures, they performed
below the level expected for their age on the remaining measures in the
neuropsychological test battery (83.63% of tests administered). === Graduate |
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Joschko, Michael |
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Joschko, Michael O'Connor, Martina |
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The neuropsychological and behavioural sequelae of children with myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus |
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The neuropsychological and behavioural sequelae of children with myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus |
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The neuropsychological and behavioural sequelae of children with myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus |
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The neuropsychological and behavioural sequelae of children with myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus |
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The neuropsychological and behavioural sequelae of children with myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus |
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neuropsychological and behavioural sequelae of children with myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus |
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