title: Fine motor skills in children with rolandic epilepsy.
abstract: This study aimed to evaluate fine motor skills in children with rolandic epilepsy (RE). The research included 44 children diagnosed with typical RE and 44 controls matched in terms of age, gender, and level of education. Fine motor skills were evaluated with the Purdue Pegboard Test, and intelligence was measured with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. After controlling for the effect of intelligence on fine motor skills, the results showed that the children with RE did not perform as well as the controls in the PPT dominant hand, both hands, and assembly subtests. Epileptic focus, treatment status, type of antiepileptic treatment, age at the time of the first seizure, time since the last seizure, and total number of seizures did not affect motor skills. Rolandic epilepsy negatively affected fine motor skills regardless of the children's level of intelligence.
authors.affiliation: Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic, Sakarya, Turkey. Electronic address: ayazmuhammed@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Muhammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ayaz
authors.forename: Bülent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.forename: Nusret
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Soylu
authors.forename: Ayşe Burcu
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Ayaz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000209:etiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D019305:Epilepsy, Rolandic / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D019957:Motor Skills Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
keywords: Child; Fine motor skill; Rolandic epilepsy