Performance of children with epilepsy on the Rey–Osterrieth complex figure test: Is there an effect of localization or lateralization?

Summary The effects of lateralization and localization of the epileptic focus, drug load of antiepileptic drug treatment and seizure frequency were examined on the performance of children with epilepsy on the Rey–Osterrieth complex figure test. Two scoring systems were used, a quantitative and a qua...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Epilepsy research 2009-02, Vol.83 (2), p.184-189
Main Authors: Schouten, Diana, Hendriksen, Jos G.M, Aldenkamp, Albert P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Anticonvulsants. Antiepileptics. Antiparkinson agents
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Epilepsy
Epilepsy - classification
Epilepsy - pathology
Epilepsy - physiopathology
Epileptic focus
Female
Fingers - physiopathology
Functional Laterality - physiology
Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Neurology
Neuropharmacology
Neuropsychological Tests
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Psychomotor Performance - physiology
Rey–Osterrieth complex figure test (RCFT)
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Summary The effects of lateralization and localization of the epileptic focus, drug load of antiepileptic drug treatment and seizure frequency were examined on the performance of children with epilepsy on the Rey–Osterrieth complex figure test. Two scoring systems were used, a quantitative and a qualitative system. Sixty-two children with cryptogenic localization-related epilepsy between 6 and 13 years completed the test. No effects were found for lateralization of the epileptic focus, drug load and seizure frequency on test performance. Localization of the epileptic focus appeared to have a significant effect: an epileptic focus in the temporal lobe caused a poorer performance on the copy of the test.
ISSN:0920-1211
1872-6844
DOI:10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2008.11.002