Clinical utility of the Trail Making Test ratio score

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 163-169

  Martin, Thomas A ^a   Hoffman, Nicole M ^b   Donders, Jacobus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b ADLER SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY   (United States)

^c MARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Ratio score; Trail Making Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0042823739     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324826AN1003_05     Document Type: Article

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