Case Report

Motor Skill Improvement Using Compressive Garments in a Child with Multidimensional Impairments and Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome

Table 1

Summary of interdisciplinary assessments in 8 years old boy with an atypical autism and an Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome.

General cognition–WISC-VScoresComments

Verbal comprehension index118Heterogeneous profile does not allow calculation of total IQ
 Similarities13
 Vocabulary14
Visual spatial index100
 Block design9
 Visual puzzles11
Fluid reasoning index103
 Matrix reasoning13
 Figure weights8
Working memory index97
 Digit span9
 Picture span10
Processing speed index86
 Coding7
 Symbol search8
Autism diagnostic interview (ADI-R)
 Social domain (cutoff )6All symptoms were mild. Communication domain, stereotyped behavior domain and the developmental domain are above the ADI-R cutoff.
Social domain score is under the cutoff score.
 Communication domain and language (cutoff )8
 Stereotyped behavior domain (cutoff )3
 Developmental domain 5 (cutoff )2
Autism diagnostic observation schedule ADOS (module 3)6Scores obtained are all under the cutoff for ASD
(cutoff score for )
Communication1
Reciprocal social interaction4
Restricted and repetitive behavior domain1

WISC–V: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children–V; ADI-R: Autism Diagnostic Interview–Revised; ASD: autism spectrum disorder; IQ: intellectual quotient. ADI-R scores were assigned according to clinical impairments at age 5 years.