Development and assessment of a neuropsychological battery to aid in predicting driving performance

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 483-496

  Szlyk, Janet P ^a,c   Myers, Lara ^a   Zhang, Yuanxia ^b   Wetzel, Linda ^a   Shapiro, Rita ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b University of Illinois Chicago   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dementia; Driving; Neuropsychological testing

Indexed keywords

NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DRIVING ABILITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036656824     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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