title: Sequential motor task (Luria's Fist-Edge-Palm Test) in children with benign focal epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal spikes.
abstract: This study evaluated the sequential motor manual actions in children with benign focal epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) and compares the results with matched control group, through the application of Luria's fist-edge-palm test. The children with BECTS underwent interictal single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and School Performance Test (SPT). Significant difference occurred between the study and control groups for manual motor action through three equal and three different movements. Children with lower school performance had higher error rate in the imitation of hand gestures. Another factor significantly associated with the failure was the abnormality in SPECT. Children with BECTS showed abnormalities in the test that evaluated manual motor programming/planning. This study may suggest that the functional changes related to epileptiform activity in rolandic region interfere with the executive function in children with BECTS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology of School of Medicine of USP, São Paulo SP, Brazil. csmgm@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Carmen Silvia Molleis Galego
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Miziara
authors.forename: Maria Luiza Giraldes de
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Manreza
authors.forename: Letícia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mansur
authors.forename: Umbertina Conti
authors.initials: UC
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: Carlos Alberto
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Buchpiguel
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon