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C R Goodman

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PubMed1995

Ecological measures of cognitive functioning: a validation study.

Observed cognitive decline in the elderly has been widely reported in the literature. The relation of experimental cognitive ability measures to real-world cognitive competence has been questioned. This research examines the validity of English-language versions of two measures of everyday competency: the Memory in Reality test involving object placement recall and the Coin Test, a money-sorting task. The measures were developed as part of a Swedish epidemiologic study. Validity was evaluated by comparison of these tasks with standard cognitive tests and with a measure of metamemory. It was expected that the ecological measures would have a stronger association with metamemory than the standard tests. Subjects were 93 community-dwelling women, aged 75 and older. The ecological tasks correlated positively with the standard tests, but there were inconsistent relations of both standard and ecological measures with metamemory. The results partly support use of these measures for evaluating everyday functioning.

Activities of Daily Living↗
PubMed1969

Hemiplegic shoulder.

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Cerebrovascular Disorders↗
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Should early strabismus surgery be performed for ocular torticollis to prevent facial asymmetry?

To help determine whether ocular torticollis causes facial asymmetry, we analyzed photographs of patients with long-standing head tilts for amounts of tilt and facial asymmetry. Significant facial asymmetry that correlated with the side of the head tilt was found in patients with congenital superior oblique muscle paresis, but not in patients with traumatic superior oblique muscle paresis nor in patients with dissociated vertical deviation. The mechanism explaining the development of facial asymmetry in these patients may be deformational molding of the face and skull from the infant's sleeping with its head turned predominantly to one side during the first 6 to 12 months of life. Early strabismus surgery to correct the head tilt may help prevent facial asymmetry, but ensuring that the infant sleeps with alternating head positions may be more important.

Adolescent↗