Neuropsychological impairment as a consequence of football (soccer) play and football heading: Preliminary analyses and report on university footballers

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 299-319

  Rutherford, A ^a   Stephens, R ^a   Potter, D ^b   Fernie, G ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATTENTION; COLLEGE STUDENT; FOOTBALL; FOOTBALL HEADING; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUGBY; SPORT INJURY; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATTENTION; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCCER; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 17144417326     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390490515504     Document Type: Article

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