Meninos com distrofia muscular de Duchenne podem apresentar dificuldades de leitura
Holanda – 25 meninos holandeses com distrofia muscular de Duchenne, média de 10,1 anos foram estudados. Cinco deles apresentaram alterações severas de leitura e 5 tinham alterações moderadas de leitura. Este estudo sugere que alterações de leitura são mais frequentes na distrofia muscular de Duchenne que na população em geral. O resumo em inglês deste artigo pode ser lido abaixo:
(IN PRESS: Pediatr Neurol 2006;34:296-300) Are Males With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at Risk for Reading Disabilities?
Jos G.M. Hendriksen, and Johan S.H. Vles, PhD – The Netherlands
Males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy have subaverage cognitive capacities and may manifest more specifically language-related deficits. In the current study, the information-processing capacity, reading performance, and behavioral functioning of 25 Dutch males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (mean age 10.1 years) were systematically assessed. This study relied on the use of a new battery of tests to explore more precisely reading disabilities in males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Five of the males had serious reading problems and another five had moderate reading problems, which indicates that reading problems are significantly more common in males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy than in males from a normal population. These reading problems were independent of the level of information processing and behavioral functioning. Implications of these findings and possible directions for future research are discussed, especially with regard to the early detection and treatment of reading problems in males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
