Frontal Assessment Battery Explained
The Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) is a short screening test to evaluate executive function (EF).
Format
FAB is a battery of tests, consisting of six subtests, that takes about 10 minutes and is designed as a short bedside assessment of executive function.[1]
Applications
FAB is useful in the differential diagnosis of neurological diseases[2] including Parkinson's disease, corticobasal degeneration, frontotemporal dementias, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, and dementia with Lewy bodies.[3]
Development
FAB was developed by Dubois et al. in 2000 and became a widely used tool.[4]
Notes and References
- Dubois B, Slachevsky A, Litvan I, Pillon B . 8973171 . The FAB: a Frontal Assessment Battery at bedside . Neurology . 55 . 11 . 1621–6 . December 2000 . 11113214 . 10.1212/wnl.55.11.1621.
- Hurtado-Pomares M, Carmen Terol-Cantero M, Sánchez-Pérez A, Peral-Gómez P, Valera-Gran D, Navarrete-Muñoz EM . The frontal assessment battery in clinical practice: a systematic review . Int J Geriatr Psychiatry . 33 . 2 . 237–251 . February 2018 . 28627719 . 10.1002/gps.4751 . 28971287 . Review .
- Book: . Dementia with Lewy bodies: clinical and biological aspects . 1st . 2017 . Springer . Japan . 10.1007/978-4-431-55948-1 . 978-4-431-55948-1 . 75–76. 45950966 .
- Moreira HS, Costa AS, Castro SL, Lima CF, Vicente SG . Assessing Executive Dysfunction in Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Critical Review of Brief Neuropsychological Tools . Front Aging Neurosci . 9 . 369 . 2017 . 29170636 . 5684643 . 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00369 . Review. free .
