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目的:本研究提供了关于BBEP (battery br ve d'Évaluation des Praxies)的规范数据,BBEP是一种简短的筛选工具,用于评估肢体失用症中常见的三个领域,即象征性手势、哑语和无意义手势的模仿。虽然BBEP最初是在法国人群中验证的,但在魁北克省讲法语的成年人中没有可用的规范性数据。鉴于文化、语言和人口因素可能会影响手势的产生和解释,本研究旨在产生特定地区的参考值,以支持准确的临床评估。方法:使用BBEP对来自魁北克的240名法语成年人进行神经和认知健康评估。规范按年龄分层,并以百分位数格式呈现,以方便临床解释。结果:结果表明年龄和受教育程度都有显著影响,年龄越大以及受教育程度越高的参与者在所有子测试中得分越低。与最初的法国样本相比,魁北克的参与者表现出稍低的表现,特别是在模仿无意义的手势时,这可能反映了文化和人口的差异。在控制年龄、性别和受教育程度的情况下计算的斯皮尔曼秩序相关性显示,三个子测试之间存在微弱且不显著的关联,表明它们评估的是实践的不同组成部分。结论:本研究为法裔魁北克人群的BBEP提供了第一个文化适应的规范性数据。这些发现强调了在失用症评估中需要有区域特异性规范,并强调了独立评估每个实践领域的临床相关性。BBEP在早期发现与神经退行性疾病或脑血管事件相关的细微练习缺陷方面可能是有用的。
Assessing Limb Apraxia in Quebec: Normative Study of the Brief Battery for the Evaluation of Praxis in Healthy French-Speaking Adults.
Objective: This study presents normative data for the Batterie Brève d'Évaluation des Praxies (BBEP), a brief screening tool developed to assess symbolic gestures, pantomimes, and imitation of meaningless gestures-three domains commonly impaired in limb apraxia. While the BBEP was originally validated in a French population, no normative data have been available for French-speaking adults in Quebec. Given that cultural, linguistic, and demographic factors may influence gesture production and interpretation, the current study aimed to generate region-specific reference values to support accurate clinical assessment.
Method: A total of 240 neurologically and cognitively healthy French-speaking adults from Quebec were assessed using the BBEP. Norms were stratified by age and are presented in percentile format to facilitate clinical interpretation.
Results: Results indicated significant effects of both age and education, with older as well as educated participants obtaining lower scores across all subtests. Compared to the original French sample, Quebec participants demonstrated slightly lower performance, particularly in the imitation of meaningless gestures, likely reflecting cultural and demographic differences. Spearman rank-order correlations-computed while controlling for age, sex, and education-revealed weak and non-significant associations among the three subtests, suggesting they assess distinct components of praxis.
Conclusions: This study provides the first culturally-adapted normative data for the BBEP in a French-Quebec population. These findings underscore the need for region-specific norms in apraxia assessment and highlight the clinical relevance of evaluating each praxis domain independently. The BBEP may prove useful in the early detection of subtle praxis deficits associated with neurodegenerative conditions or cerebrovascular events.