Variability of Trail Making Test, Symbol Digit Test and Line Trait Test in normal people. A normative study taking into account age-dependent decline and sociobiological variables

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 117-131

  Amodio, Piero ^a   Wenin, Helmut ^a   Del Piccolo, Franco ^a   Mapelli, Daniela ^a   Montagnese, Sara ^a   Pellegrini, Andrea ^a   Musto, Carmine ^a   Gatta, Angelo ^a   Umiltà, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Healthy people; Line Trait Test; Psychometric performance; Reference values; Symbol Digit Test; Trail Making Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZATION; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NORMAL HUMAN; REGISTER; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRAIL MAKING TEST; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0036019025     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324425     Document Type: Article

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