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inAmerican Journal of Occupational Therapy > Vol. 67/3 (mai-juin 2013)

Titre :	Assessing the driving performance of a person with epilepsy presurgery and postsurgery
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Alexander M. CRIZZLE ; Sherrilene Classen ; et al. ; Christina LAFRANCA
Année de publication :	2013
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés :	Conduite automobile  Ergothérapie  Epilepsie
Résumé :	Occupational therapists and certified driving rehabilitation specialists are uniquely skilled to assess functional abilities underlying driving performance. However, little information exists on the utility of clinical assessments to determine driving performance in people with epilepsy. This case study demonstrates how an occupational therapy evaluation battery was used to examine differences in visual and cognitive abilities and simulated driving performance before and after epilepsy surgery. Specifically, a 43-yr-old White man with right anterior lobe epilepsy underwent temporal lobectomy and had his driving-related abilities and simulated driving performance assessed pre- and postsurgery. The occupational therapy evaluation indicated improvements in executive skills, attention, and information processing speed postsurgery. Visuospatial abilities worsened after surgery, likely contributing to the modest increase in vehicle position errors on the driving simulator. Nevertheless, simulated driving performance improved after temporal lobectomy. Reductions in the number of visual scanning, lane maintenance, and speed regulation errors were recorded.
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[article] Assessing the driving performance of a person with epilepsy presurgery and postsurgery [texte imprimé] / Alexander M. CRIZZLE ; Sherrilene Classen ; et al. ; Christina LAFRANCA . - 2013.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in American Journal of Occupational Therapy > Vol. 67/3 (mai-juin 2013)

Mots-clés :	Conduite automobile  Ergothérapie  Epilepsie
Résumé :	Occupational therapists and certified driving rehabilitation specialists are uniquely skilled to assess functional abilities underlying driving performance. However, little information exists on the utility of clinical assessments to determine driving performance in people with epilepsy. This case study demonstrates how an occupational therapy evaluation battery was used to examine differences in visual and cognitive abilities and simulated driving performance before and after epilepsy surgery. Specifically, a 43-yr-old White man with right anterior lobe epilepsy underwent temporal lobectomy and had his driving-related abilities and simulated driving performance assessed pre- and postsurgery. The occupational therapy evaluation indicated improvements in executive skills, attention, and information processing speed postsurgery. Visuospatial abilities worsened after surgery, likely contributing to the modest increase in vehicle position errors on the driving simulator. Nevertheless, simulated driving performance improved after temporal lobectomy. Reductions in the number of visual scanning, lane maintenance, and speed regulation errors were recorded.
Note de contenu :	Oline Only
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