Sensitivity and specificity of finger tapping test scores for the detection of suspect effort

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-120

  Arnold, Ginger ^a,b   Boone, Kyle Brauer ^a   Lu, Po ^c   Dean, Andy ^a   Wen, Johnny ^a   Nitch, Steve ^a   McPherson, Susan ^c  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles M ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FINGER; HANDEDNESS; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX ROLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 16244371033     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040490888567     Document Type: Article

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