Kinetic Family Drawing Test for Evaluating Families Having Children with Muscular Dystrophy

The kinetic family drawing test is suggested as a diagnostic procedure for evaluating interpersonal dynamics in families with muscular dystrophy. Through such testing, attitudes and conflicts of children with dystrophy and their normal siblings are evoked and compared. The use of this projective method can aid in programing treatment for these families. Key Words: Family relationship, Muscular dystrophy, Psychological test. Duchenne's muscular dystrophy is a genetically determined, crippling, fatal disease of childhood, characterized by progressive weakness, wasting, and musculoskeletal deformity. Children (most often boys) with this disorder suffer not only physical but often severe emotional disturbances affecting both self-concept and interpersonal relationships. The physical therapist should be aware of such disturb-ances, because they could interfer with compliance