Future directions for the neuropsychological assessment of sports concussion

被引:55
作者
Bleiberg, J
Halpern, EL
Reeves, D
Daniel, JC
机构
[1] Natl Rehabil Hosp, Assist Technol Res Ctr, Psychol Serv, Medlant Res Inst, Washington, DC 20010 USA
[2] Nutr Rehabil Ctr, Assist Technol Ctr, Psychol Serv, Washington, DC USA
[3] Naval Med Ctr, Dept Clin Invest, San Diego, CA USA
[4] USN, Med Ctr, Dept Pediat, San Diego, CA 92152 USA
关键词
computerized neuropsychological testing; concussion; reaction time;
D O I
10.1097/00001199-199804000-00006
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
This article argues in favor of using newly developed computerized, complex reaction time (RT)-based neuropsychological procedures for the study of sports-related concussion. Recent studies show that by using these complex RT procedures, significant differences between concussed and control samples can be observed. The magnitude of RT differences is 110 ms or less, levels that are not meaningfully measured with stopwatch-based procedures. RT-based procedures also have the advantage of permitting analysis of variability of RT, and several recent studies have shown that brain dysfunction is accompanied by erratic and inconsistent RT. A currently ongoing sports concussion study using measures of complex RT and variability of RT is described.
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