SPINA BIFIDA-COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS
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SUMMARY
PRONOUNCED
1. Attention
2. Psychomotor speed
3. Visuospatial reasoning
4. Visually-guided goal-directed action
5. Reading comprehension
6. Pragmatics of speech: learning in context
7. Executive function
PRESERVED
1. Mathematical fact retrieval
2. Vocabulary
3. Word recognition
NB: there is no proven risk of dementia in these patients.
Reference(s)
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Cuccurullo, S. (2019). Physical medicine and rehabilitation board review. New York: Demosmedical. Get it on Amazon.
O’Young, B., Young, M.A. and Stiens, S.A. (2008). Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Secrets. Mosby. Get it on Amazon.
