ABSTRACT
The goal of this paper is to analyze a little-known set of documents referring to a "Dancing Epidemic" that took place in Itapagipe, a suburb of Salvador, capital of the province of Bahia, Brazil, in 1882. Through the studies of a group of physicians, especially Raimundo Nina Rodrigues (1862-1906), a psychiatrist and anthropologist from the Bahia School of Medicine, the medical knowledge built on this unique phenomenon in Brazilian history is examined. The case in particular involved a crowd that spread through the streets of Itapagipe, attracting the interest of the medical classes, who were intrigued by the symptoms of motor incoordination the patients manifested. Inspired by foreign literature, but developing their own theories, Rodrigues and colleagues created a unique body of knowledge about the infirmity.
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Chorea/history , Dancing/history , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Motor Skills Disorders/history , Brazil/epidemiology , Chorea/epidemiology , Chorea/psychology , History, 19th Century , Humans , Motor Skills Disorders/epidemiology , Motor Skills Disorders/psychologyABSTRACT
A investigação da natureza das dificuldades motoras experimentadas por crianças resultou na identificação do Transtorno do Desenvolvimento da Coordenação (TDC). Pouco se sabe sobre sua natureza, embora sejam inúmeras as hipóteses formuladas sobre sua causa. O presente artigo defende a tese de que o problema reside na definição do que se entende por TDC e na seleção de amostras em estudos que não distinguem o uso de critérios clínicos dos critérios de pesquisa. Em conclusão, são apresentadas três etapas para caracterização do TDC.
The investigation of the nature of motor difficulties children experiment resulted in the identification of a Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). The lack of consensus on the nature and the mechanisms of DCD might not be due to an apparent resilience of the disorder to the scientific enterprise. On the contrary, the present paper has a goal of presenting a thesis according to which the problem resides on the definition of DCD and on the selection of samples in studies that do not distinguish between clinical and research criteria. In conclusion, three steps for characterizing DCD are presented.
La investigación de la naturaleza de las dificultades motrices experimentadas por los niños ha resultado en la identificación de Trastorno del Desarrollo de la Coordinación (TDC). La falta de un acuerdo acerca de la naturaleza y mecanismos del TDC puede no ser riestrita a una aparente resistencia del trastorno a las investigaciones científicas. El presente artículo postula la tesis de que el problema esta en la definición acerca del entendimiento del TDC y en la selección de las populación en estudios que no distinguen el uso de criterios clínicos de los criterios de investigación científica. La caracterización del TDC se presenta en tres etapas.
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Humans , Male , Female , Child , Child , Motor Skills Disorders/complications , Motor Skills Disorders/diagnosis , Motor Skills Disorders/epidemiology , Motor Skills Disorders/etiology , Motor Skills Disorders/history , Motor Skills Disorders/pathology , Motor Skills Disorders/psychology , Motor Skills Disorders/therapy , Developmental Disabilities/diagnosis , Developmental Disabilities/epidemiology , Developmental Disabilities/pathology , Developmental Disabilities/psychology , Developmental Disabilities/therapySubject(s)
Education, Special/history , Motor Skills Disorders/history , Motor Skills , Teaching/history , Activities of Daily Living , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Education, Special/methods , Education, Special/organization & administration , Europe , History, 18th Century , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , Holistic Health , Humans , Hungary , Infant , Motor Skills Disorders/therapy , Teaching/methodsSubject(s)
Dystonia/history , Famous Persons , Motor Skills Disorders/history , Speech Disorders/history , Chronic Disease , Gait , History, Ancient , Humans , Roman WorldABSTRACT
Several reports of cases of experienced artists showing neglect after a brain lesion can be gleaned from the literature. The analysis of their drawings might provide better insight into the symptoms of neglect than that of non-artists's production. However, most of these reports are anedoctal. We describe in some detail the case of neglect of a distinguished artist, the internationally known Federico Fellini (FF), whom we followed-up for two months after his right parietal stroke. The neuropsychological profile of his neglect syndrome was characterized by left visuo-motor neglect which persisted for two months. At onset, FF also showed indications of neglect dyslexia as well as some evidence of implicit processing of the neglected parts of visual stimuli. However, there was no sign of personal and representational neglect, and FF was well aware of his motor and attentional deficits. FF's neglect was characterised by several dissociations, of which the lack of functional carryover despite intact conceptual and semantic insight is the most relevant.
