ECAS

Apart from motor dysfunctions, up to 50% of ALS-patients may show characteristic changes in either cognition and/or behavior. About 5-10% of patients present signs of full-blown dementia, especially behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia. Cognitive dysfunctions may encompass language understanding (naming), language fluency (verbal fluency) and other executive functions (e.g. theory of mind). Up to now, no ALS specific tool was available. Now, ECAS offers a fast and easy to use screening-method which can be utilized both in- and outpatient clinics. ECAS identifies cognitive and behavioural deficits, determines the degree of impairments in ALS patients and additionally enables clinicians and neuropsychologists to differentiate ALS-specific mental impairments from other diseases.

Primary location: Edinburgh United Kingdom