Citation

Michel M. Rehabilitation (Thieme) 1983; 22(4): 137-148.

Vernacular Title

Rehabilitationsverlauf nach Schadelhirntrauma bei Kindern - eine

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

6658183

Abstract

In 50 children admitted to the Gailingen neurological rehabilitation clinic for children and young people following craniocerebral trauma to undergo several months of rehabilitative treatment, the process of regression of the neuropsychological disorders incurred has been systematically monitored. At the onset of in-patient rehabilitation the children under study demonstrated reduced performance levels, the disorders taking the form of a marked disintegration of the various functional dimensions. In the course of the rehabilitative treatment, hierarchical integration of the various functions concerned increased steadily, resulting on the whole in more economical and adequate cognitive strategies. The rehabilitation process as such is conceived as a process of re-structuring, and not primarily as a learning process in the classical sense. The regression of the initial symptoms over the three-months observation period had been verifiable in all test procedures applied. Yet, some 25 to 30 percent of the children under study presented considerable learning impairments on their discharge from in-patient treatment, so that special education measures are indicated for these children.

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