Functional Impact of Sydenham’s Chorea: A Case Report

Hortensia Gimeno; Sinead Barry; Jean-Pierre Lin; Anne Gordon

doi:10.5334/tohm.143

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TABLE 1

Functional Assessment Results

	PEDI				DASH				AMPS
	Scaled Scores				Standard Scores (mean = 10, SD = 3)				Standard Scores (mean = 100, SD = 15)		Logit Scores
	Functional Domain		Caregiver Domain		Copy Best	Alphabet Writing	Fast Copy	Free Writing	Motor Skills	Process Skills	Motor Skills	Process Skills
	SC	M	SC	M
Baseline	65	68.7	59	70.5	41	61	31	51	<451	811	–0.64	0.25
1 week after medication	85.1	89.2	89.7	78.3	7	7	NT	NT	93	114	1.442	1.152
9 weeks after medication	100	100	100	100	11	9	8	61	120	114	2.392	1.152

AMPS, Assessment of Motor and Process Skills; DASH, Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting; M, Mobility; NT, Not Tested; PEDI, Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory; SC, Self-Care; SD, Standard Deviation.

1 >1 SD below population mean.

2 Clinically significant change in logit score.

**Handwriting Examples.** Time point 1, baseline; Time point 2, 7 days after introduction of haloperidol; Time point 3, 9 weeks on haloperidol.

Functional Impact of Sydenham’s Chorea: A Case Report

Figures & Tables

TABLE 1

Functional Assessment Results

Figure 1

Handwriting Examples. Time point 1, baseline; Time point 2, 7 days after introduction of haloperidol; Time point 3, 9 weeks on haloperidol.

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