| Title: |
cerebral palsy in correlation with the brain CT and MRI |
| Authors: |
Otapowicz D; Sobaniec W; Kułak W; Sendrowski K |
| Contributors: |
The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| Source: |
http://www.advms.pl/?q=system%2Ffiles%2F43_52SOtapowicz.pdf. |
| Collection: |
CiteSeerX |
| Description: |
Purpose: dysarthria is a sequel of reduced motor func-tions and refers to the sound aspect of the language. In children suffering from cerebral palsy, CT (computer tomography) and Mri (magnetic resonance imaging) examinations provide data on the relationship between the range of structural changes detected by neuroimaging investigations and the severity of motor dysfunction. The aim of study was to assess the sever-ity of dysarthria in children with cerebral palsy in correlation with the pattern of morphological changes revealed on CT and MRI. Material and methods: the study involved 48 children with the pyramidal form of infantile cerebral palsy aged 3-15 years, treated in the Department of Pediatric Neurology and Rehabilitation in Białystok. All the patients underwent CT examination, 29 of them also had MRI. Severity of speech dysfunction was established based on “Dysarthria profile” by Robertson. The degree of damage severity in the respec-tive brain structures was determined according to the scale Kraegeloh-Mann. Statistical analysis was performed using % calculations, the arithmetic mean, standard deviation, the chi-square test of independence or t-student test to compare the means of two samples. Results: Significant differences were shown in dysarthria severity depending on lesions seen on ct and their intensity revealed by MRI, which were found to correlate positively with the severity of articulation disorders. Conclusions: the results indicate that ct and Mri are useful for predicting prognosis of severity of speech distur-bances in children and for early programming of the therapeutic process. Key words: cerebral palsy, dysarthria, neuroimaging investi-gations. |
| Document Type: |
text |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.619.1818; http://www.advms.pl/?q=system%2Ffiles%2F43_52SOtapowicz.pdf |
| Availability: |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.619.1818; http://www.advms.pl/?q=system%2Ffiles%2F43_52SOtapowicz.pdf |
| Rights: |
Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.493C34B3 |
| Database: |
BASE |