| dc.description.abstract | Neuropsychological evaluation is a process by which neurocognitive domains are examined with the purpose of establishing a relation between emerging behaviors and the individuals brain functions. Sensory and motor deficits may have a deep impact in the persons ability to interact with the environment, including difficulties with daily activities, as well as academic, social and professional life. Moreover, sensory-motor skills have a high pathognomonic power and have been related to superior cognitive functions, thereby, being used in both neurology and neuropsychology. However, in spite of the clinical importance of evaluating motor and sensory skills, the test methodology in this area remained unchanged for many decades. The objective of this review was to point out the studies that have used the Dean-Woodcock Sensory-Motor Battery (DWSMB) in children and to specify the main impairments that were found. It was shown that the DWSMB was used, through childhood, to appraise the sensory-motor development in people with normal development and, regarding clinical cases, for measuring the sensory and motor skills of children with Developmental Disturbances (DD). In this scenario, the main question was: Which DWSMB subscale trials showed greater impairment in children with DD? Despite the general impairment found in this population, it was possible to infer that the most severe DWSMB subscale results were the ones involving subcortical motor skills and simple sensory abilities. | |
