Scholar Performance and Praxis Assessment in Children With Rolandic Epilepsy

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Rolandic Epilepsy is the most common form of childhood epilepsy. It is classified as idiopathic, age-related epilepsy syndrome with benign evolution. The absence of neuropsychological impairment is part of the criteria of benignity of this epilepsy syndrome. However recently have been suggested several deficits related to attention and language. The purpose of this study was assess school performance and to investigate problems of praxis in patients with rolandic epilepsy as compared to a control group composed of normal children with age, gender and educational level equivalents.

Detailed Description
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Method: Nineteen patients aged between 7 and 12 years underwent clinical neurological evaluation, psychological assessment, through Weschsler Scales of Intelligence and language evaluation, to assess the academic performance and research of the presence or absence of praxis difficulties.

Official Title
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Scholar Performance and Praxis Assessment in Children With Rolandic Epilepsy

Conditions
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Rolandic Epilepsy, Apraxia

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Language Assessment


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Diagnosis of rolandic epilepsy using clinical, EEG and neuroimaging findings Patients had neurological, ophthalmic and auditory unchanged, and intelligence quotient (IQ) equal to or above 80. All parents signed the consent form, authorizing the participation of their children (as) in the search. Exclusion Criteria: With oral language and writing of the following tables, whereas the DSM-IV: pervasive developmental disorders, cerebral palsy child acquired aphasia, hearing impairment (including mild conductive hearing loss), progressive disease What not signed the consent form.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 7 Years
Maximum Age: 12 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Rolandic Epilepsy<br>Patients older than seven years old with clinical and electroencephalographic diagnosis of Rolandic Epilepsy | Behavioral: Language Assessment<br>* Patients underwent an assessment performed with School Performance Test, Syntactic Awareness Test and a Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test.<br>* Other names: Children with epilepsy, language impairment and dyslexia;|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Our data will indicate the group performance in tests of writing, arithmetic and reading. |  | one year | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Another important aspect was the absence of orofacial apraxia in children with epilepsy. |  | one year | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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epilepsy, language, childhood, praxis