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D Svendsen

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PubMed1989

[Retropharyngeal tendinitis after chiropractor therapy].

We describe a patient diagnosed as having retropharyngeal tendinitis with severe neck pain, difficulties in swallowing and muscular spasm in the neck. Roentgenograms and CT showed the characteristic picture of soft tissue swelling and calcification in a prevertebral position in front of C1 and C2 corresponding to the longus colli muscle. The syndrome is not often diagnosed but in patients with neck pain the differential diagnosis should be kept in mind.

Chiropractic↗
PubMed1983

Factors related to changes in IQ: a follow-up study of former slow learners.

A group of 41 former slow learners were tested as children and at the age of 30 years. Information about family and personal problems met during childhood was available from the local school files and also by an interview at the age of 30 years. Changes in IQ were associated with the problem score and further education after leaving the compulsory school system. The group of subjects with the greater number of problems and further education improved their IQ scores by 18.1 points, against 5.0 points in the group with one or no problems and without further education.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1982

Changes in IQ, environmental and individual factors: a follow-up study of educable mentally retarded children.

A group of 28 former pupils of Special Schools for the EMR was tested both in childhood and at adult age. Information about the subjects' situation as children was available from the local school files. Pupils who had experienced the most serious problems as children were less retarded at adult age than persons who had experienced few or none problems. Three persons with impaired hearing showed also a marked increase in I.Q. scores. The results may give support to Clarke's and Clarke's hypothesis that the effects of an early unstimulating environment are not necessarily irreversible.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1982

Physical activity in the treatment of mentally retarded persons.

Various studies have shown that short-term training programmes can result both in a marked increase in physical fitness and in definite improvement in motor proficiency in the mentally retarded person. It is difficult to pinpoint any specially effective components in the training programmes but the motivational attitude of the person going through the programme appears to be of great importance. The results of a few studies indicate that systematic physical activity can lead to improvement in the IQ of mentally retarded persons, a feature which may be in part due to increased self-confidence.

Humans↗
PubMed1980

Relationship of IQ and occupational disability of retarded adults in Bergen, Norway.

All persons born from 1937 to 1943 who resided in Bergen, Norway, and at the age of 14 attended Special Schools for EMR students or who received care from the Services for the Mentally Retarded were followed-up at age 27 to 33. A total of 77 of these 92 persons were called in for an interview and given medical and psychological examinations; 59 of them were tested with the WAIS. A relationship was found between obtaining a disability pension as an adult and Full Scale IQ on the WAIS.

Adult↗
PubMed1979

Work and disability at the age of 30 years. A sociomedical study of a birth-cohort from Bergen. V. Social background and recruitment to the school system.

The basis of the present study is a cohort of 1570 persons, all live births in 1940 of mothers then residing in Bergen. This birth-control was followed up in the compulsory school system at the age of 14 years. Information from the "parsons' lists" (birth registers) was gathered concerning the parents' social background, while facts about the students' recruitment to the compulsory school system in Bergen were obtained from the local files of the various schools and the files of The National Services for the Mentally Retarded. For the purpose of collecting more detailed information, a sample was taken from the birthcohort. This sample was formed on the basis of a stratification of the cohort according to type of school attended at 14 years of age. By supplementing the group comprising persons attending Special Schools for the Educable Mentally Retarded and the group including persons cared for by the National Services for the Mentally Retarded, a total sample of 262 persons was reached. It is found that recruitment to the school system varies considerably with socio-economic background. Children of higher officials were highly over-represented in Junior High School, while children of workers were noticeably under-represented at this type of school. Children of workers were over-represented in Continuation School, Elementary School classes for slow learners and Special Schools for the educable mentally retarded. However, a proportionally very similar representation of the social groups in the services for the mentally retarded was found.

Adult↗
PubMed1979

Work and disability at the age of 30 years. A sociomedical study of a birth-cohort from Bergen. VI. Education, intellectual ability and occupation.

The relationships between occupation, education and intellectual ability at 30 years of age are analysed with particular reference to type of school attended at the age of 14 years. Data utilized are derived from interviews, psychological tests, local files of various schools, and journals of the National Services for Mentally Retarded. The study comprises all live births in the year 1940 of mothers then residing in Bergen, a total of 1570 persons. A sample was taken from this cohort after stratification according to type of school attended at age 14 years. The sample was supplemented with persons who had either attended Special Schools for the educable Mentally Retarded (EMR) or received care from the Services for the Mentally Retarded (SMR). The final sample consisted of 262 persons. A relationship was found for both sexes between type of school attended at the age of 14 years and level of general education at the age of 30. For men, both occupational training acquired and intellecutal ability at 30 years were also clearly related to type of school attended at age 14 years. The test performance of the male group was superior to that of the female group. Differing careers in the two sexes may provide a clue as to the reason underlying this finding.

Adult↗