[From movement to gesture. Evaluation in the treatment of neuro- psychomotor disability].

Aim of this study is to evaluate whether the subjects with neuromotor deficits can achieve both the restoration of the motor function and of the intentional and communicative components of gesture. Our case series includes 20 children (10 males, 10 females) aged 8 months to 14 years. Ten had neuromotor impairment (9 cases with different features of C.

[Interference of anticonvulsants in the rehabilitation treatment].

Aim of this study is to investigate whether the adverse neuropsychiatric effects of anticonvulsant drugs can affect the results of physical therapy. The influence of these drugs on neurological and/or psychological functions is considered an important factor in conditioning the active psycho-perceptuo-motor learning of child during physical therapy. Our case series included 30 children aged 4; 20 to 23 months.

[Psychomotor treatment of cranial injuries in childhood. Two cases of apallic syndrome].

In this paper the authors aim to assess the results of psychomotor treatment of 5 patients with cranial injuries admitted to the Division of Infantile Neuropsychiatry at Gaslini Hospital from 1983 to 1985 and to evaluate the role of this treatment in a pathology with multiple, complex functional disorders. Evolution was excellent in 3 out of 5 patients who presented level 1-3 coma with limited post-traumatic sequelae (epilepsy and dysfunction of the left side in A.D.

[Object permanence in children with neurological and psychomotor disorders].

The aim of this research was to investigate whether the development of object permanence is an available sign of the cognitive development in infants with psychomotor handicaps. Subjects consisted of 5 males, ranging in age from 12 to 33 months, with handicaps as a result of perinatal brain injury. Four were preterm infants.

[Cognitive and affective aspects of psychomotor assessment of myodystrophic children with the aim of specific treatment].

The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of cognitive and affective problems in the treatment of children suffering from myodystrophy. It was hypothesised that psychomotory assessment taking appropriate account of data regarding the evaluation of cognitive and affective development might allow an adequate and realistic therapeutic protocol to be defined. For this purpose the authors examined 55 myodystrophic patients aged between 6 and 10 years old during the period January 1980 and June 1993 using traditional psychomotory tests (Stanford-Binet and/or WISC in relation to the various age groups), projective tests (CAT, TAT) and graphic tests.