Scholar Performance and Praxis Assessment in Children With Rolandic Epilepsy

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01046760

Enrollment

Registered

2010-01-12

Start date

2009-09-30

Completion date

2011-02-28

Last updated

2010-10-20

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Conditions

Rolandic Epilepsy, Apraxia

Keywords

epilepsy, language, childhood, praxis

Brief summary

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

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.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALLanguage Assessment

Patients underwent an assessment performed with School Performance Test, Syntactic Awareness Test and a Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test.

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

7 Years to 12 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

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.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Our data will indicate the group performance in tests of writing, arithmetic and reading.	one year

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Another important aspect was the absence of orofacial apraxia in children with epilepsy.	one year

Countries

Brazil

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026