%0 Journal Article
%T The Kohs' blocks test as an important instrument to investigate the visuo-spatial impairments in myotonic dystrophy: part I. Quantitative and qualitative analysis
%A WIGG
%A CRISTINA MARIA DUARTE
%A DURO
%A LUIZ ANTONIO ALVES
%J Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
%D 1999
%I Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO
%R 10.1590/S0004-282X1999000400002
%X 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.
%K myotonic dystrophy
%K psychological tests
%K kohs' blocks.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0004-282X1999000400002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en