A 3D Virtual Environment Rod and Frame Test: The Reliability and Validity of Four Traditional Scoring Methods for Older Adults

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1169-1177

  Reger, Greg M ^a   McGee, Jocelyn S ^a   Van der Zaag, Cheryl ^b   Thiebaux, Marcus ^b   Buckwalter, J Galen ^c   Rizzo, Albert A ^b  

^a FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0242552291     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.25.8.1169.16733     Document Type: Article

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