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The validity of functional assessment with neuropsychological tests in aphasic stroke patients
Author(s) -
REINVANG IVAR,
SUNDET KJETIL
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1985.tb01158.x
Subject(s) - aphasia , psychology , neuropsychology , cognitive psychology , neuropsychological test , stroke (engine) , perception , clinical psychology , audiology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , cognition , developmental psychology , psychiatry , neuroscience , medicine , mechanical engineering , engineering
The study describes a battery of clinical neuropsychological tests, and aims to show that inferences about underlying functions can be drawn from the results. The test battery is applied to a sample of 108 aphasic patients, and is shown to measure performances with acceptable stability across testing sessions and relatively independently of general background factors. The results of factor analysis show that five underlying functions can be assessed. A functional model is described and the factors are interpreted as reflecting the functions of Praxis, Attention, Language, Motor Deficit, and Perceptual Integration. Although aphasia is defined as a disturbance of language, the aphasic patient is best described by a functional profile with dimensions based on the factors isolated.