title: [Congenital hemiparesis: complementary neuropsychological evaluation with computer].
abstract: We present the neuropsychological assessment with computer aid of six cerebral palsy children. Three children had right hemiparesis and three, left hemiparesis. The tomographic examination showed parietal cavities (porencephalic cyst in 4 children, ischemic injury in 1 case and subarachnoid cyst in 1 case). We have proposed to assess the visuo-spatial function since we suspected the children could have disturbance of this function. We did not detect this disturbance. On the other hand, the children had astereognosia and the right hemiparetic children preferred to execute signs on the right part of the computer visor. We discuss and propose explanations for both findings.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Guerreiro
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Ferraz
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Piovesana
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Moura-Ribeiro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008182:Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Hemiparesia congênita: avaliação neuropsicológica complementar utilizando computador.