This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Paquier, P. F. Articles by Stronks, D. L. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Paquier, P. F. Articles by Stronks, D. L. Social Bookmarking                   What's this?

Clinical Utility of the Judgment of Line Orientation Test and Facial Recognition Test in Children With Acquired Unilateral Cerebral Lesions

Division of Applied Neurolinguistics, Department of ENT-Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Antwerp (UIA) Antwerp, Belgium, neurolog{at}ulb.ac.be, Department of Neurology, Erasme University Hospital ULB Brussels, Belgium

Marijke van Mourik, PhD

Department of Medical Psychology, General Hospital Walcheren Vlissingen, The Netherlands, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Sophia Children's University Hospital, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Hugo R. Van Dongen, PhD

Department of Pediatric Neurology, Sophia Children's University Hospital, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Coriene E. Catsman-Berrevoets, MD, PhD

Department of Pediatric Neurology, Sophia Children's University Hospital, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Wouter L. Creten, PhD

Laboratory for Biomedical Physics, University of Antwerp (RUCA) Antwerp, Belgium

Dik L. Stronks, PhD

Department of Medical Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

In unselected adult patients with brain damage, the Judgment of Line Orientation Test and the Facial Recognition Test are considered valid instruments for detecting right cerebral hemisphere lesions. It is unknown, however, whether this applies to children as well. Performance levels on the Judgment of Line Orientation Test and the Facial Recognition Test of 18 children with acquired left cerebral lesions and 14 children with acquired right cerebral lesions were reviewed. Subjects were unselected for age, sex, or etiology. Age-related norms were obtained in 81 normal controls, aged 7 to 14 years. Judgment of Line Orientation Test and Facial Recognition Test performance levels did not predict the presence of cerebral pathology per se in our unselected groups with demonstrated unilateral cerebral lesions, nor did they contribute to the prediction of the side of the lesion within the two groups with cerebral lesions. These results cast serious doubt on an important aspect of the clinical utility of both tests in children, namely their discriminative validity in the assessment of etiologically unselected populations with brain damage. (J Child Neurol 1999;14:243-248).

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				F. K. Aarsen, H. R. Van Dongen, P. F. Paquier, M. Van Mourik, and C. E. Catsman-Berrevoets Long-term sequelae in children after cerebellar astrocytoma surgery Neurology, April 27, 2004; 62(8): 1311 - 1316. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]