title: [Ocular proprioception and developmental dyslexia. Sixty clinical observations].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study is to assess proprioception anomalies in postural deficiency syndrome in a group of children suffering from reading impairment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty male patients with an average age of 11 years and 9 months were included in the study. Initially, they were given a standardized neuropsychological examination, which confirmed the diagnosis of reading impairment. Then after filling out a questionnaire seeking a proprioceptive anomaly, the patients were subjected to a clinical ocular and postural examination consisting of nine precisely described steps.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All of the patients recruited for the study presented clinical signs confirming a proprioception disorder found as a part of postural deficiency syndrome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study opens a new direction for research concerning the origin and treatment of at least some reading-impaired children.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Ophtalmologie, CHU de Dijon, Dijon. querpat@aol.com
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Quercia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seigneuric
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chariot
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vernet
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pozzo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bron
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Creuzot-Garcher
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Robichon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005123:Eye / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D004856:Postural Balance; D011434:Proprioception; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology