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Frontal Assessment Battery
Test to evaluate executive function From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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][2]
Applications
FAB is useful in the differential diagnosis of neurological diseases[3] including Parkinson's disease, corticobasal degeneration, frontotemporal dementias, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy,[2] and dementia with Lewy bodies.[4]
Development
FAB was developed by Dubois et al. in 2000 and became a widely used tool.[2]
References
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