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- Title
O DESEMPENHO DA LINGUAGEM E ORGANIZAÇÃO ESPAÇO-TEMPORAL EM CRIANÇAS COM SÍNDROME DE DOWN POR MEIO DA ESCALA DE DESENVOLVIMENTO MOTOR.
- Authors
de Oliveira, Mileide Cristina Stoco; Silva, Fabiana Araújo; Bofi, Tânia Cristina; de Carvalho, Augusto Cesinando
- Abstract
This article discusses about the main cognitive characteristics found in individuals with Down syndrome (DS) is the unbalance in the function of regulatory genes, which causes structural and functional abnormalities in the nervous system. Detail synaptic changes due to reduction density in the sensorimotor cortex, which will influence the motor and intellectual disabilities. The purpose of this study was to performance of language and space-temporal organization in of children with DS. The study included eighteen children with DS, the average age of 6± 2,04 years, attending the Psychomotor Laboratory and the Center for Studies and Treatment in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Universidade Estadual Paulista (FCT/UNESP), Presidente Prudente. Was used as a tool to Motor Development Scale, which evaluate motor development of children 2-11 years old. We conclude that only one of the children tested could conduct its test their chronological age.
- Publication
Colloquium Vitae, 2014, Vol 6, Issue 2, p94
- ISSN
1984-6436
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5747/cv.2014.v06.n2.v102