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Frontal
Lobe Function Testing
05 November 2004
Test
language first
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Comprehension
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Single,
2 then 3 stage command
Yes-No
Semantic
Phonemic
Check
for reading
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Repetition
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Expression
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As
per comprehension
Check
for writing
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Components
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Area
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Deficit
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Dorsolateral
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Cognitive
inflexibility
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Medial
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Apathy,
abulia
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Orbitomedial
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Disinhibition
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Signs
Grasp
Palmar
mentalis
Gait
Check
olfactory: taste/smell
Check
Foster Kennedy syndrome: ipsilateral optic atrophy, contralateral papilledema
Cognitive
testing (dorsolateral frontal lobe)
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Perseveration
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1.
Fist-palm-side
2.
Copy alternating diagrams eg. ÇÕÇÕÇÕÇÕÇÕ
3.
Go-no-go paradigm
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Abstract
thinking
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Proverb
Similarities
and differences eg between cow and horse
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Ability
to sort things
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Verbal
fluency eg spontaneous word generation eg. More than 17 words starting
with s in 1 minute and more than 13 for f.
Planning
eg What would you do? In fire; found a wallet etc
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Attention
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Digit
span (forward & backwards)
Continuous
performance test: Tap for A; Follow coins |
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