Biopsychosocial characteristics and neurocognitive test performance in National Football League players: An initial assessment

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 563-577

  Solomon, Gary S ^a   Haase, Richard F ^b  

^a Skyline Medical Center   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

ImPACT; Mild traumatic brain injury; Neurocognitive testing; Professional football athletes; Sports concussion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SPORT INJURY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 51049090789     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. 4th ed. (1994), American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC
2. Barth J., Alves W., Ryan T., Macciocchi S., Rimel R., Jane J., et al. Mild head injury in sports: Neuropsychological sequelae and recovery of function. In: Levin H., Eisenberg H., and Benton A. (Eds). Mild head injury (1989), Oxford University Press, New York 257-275
3. Belsley D.A., Kuh E., and Welch R.E. Regression diagnostics (1980), Wiley, NY
4. Broglio S., Ferrara M., Piland S., and Anderson R. Concussion history is not a predictor of computerised neurocognitive performance. British Journal of Sports Medicine 40 (2006) 802-805
5. Broshek D., Kaushik T., Freeman J., Erlanger D., Webbe F., and Barth J. Sex differences in outcome following sports-related concussion. Journal of Neurosurgery 102 (2005) 856-863
6. Brown C., Guskiewicz K., and Bleiberg J. Athlete characteristics and outcome scores for computerized neuropsychological assessment: A preliminary analysis. Journal of Athletic Training 42 (2007) 515-523
7. Cason I., Viano D., and Pellman E. Synopsis of the National Football League Player Health and Safety Meeting: Chicago, Illinois, June 19, 2007. Neurosurgery 62 (2008) 204-210
8. Centers for Disease Control. (2008). Numbers and rates of traumatic brain injury related emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths, by age group, United States, 2003. Accessed at http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/TBI_in_US_04/TBI_Incidents.htm, May 19, 2008.
9. Cernich A., Reeves D., Sun W., and Bleiberg J. Automated Neuropsychological Assessment sports medicine battery. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 22 (2007) 91-99
10. Chen J., Johnston K., Collie A., McCrory P., and Ptito A. A validation of the post concussion symptom scale in the assessment of complex concussion using cognitive testing and functional magnetic resonance imaging. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 78 (2007) 1231-1238
11. Chen J., Johnston K., Petrides M., and Ptito A. Recovery from mild head injury in sports: Evidence from serial functional magnetic resonance imaging studies in athletes. Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine 18 (2008) 241-247
12. Cohen J., Cohen P., West S.G., and Aiken L.S. Multiple correlation/regression analysis for the behavioral sciences (2003), Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ
13. Collie A., McCrory P., and Makdissi M. Does history of concussion affect current cognitive status?. British Journal of Sports Medicine 40 (2006) 550-551
14. Collins M., Grindel S., Lovell M., Dede D., Moser D., Phalin B., et al. Relationship between concussion and neuropsychological performance in college football players. Journal of the American Medical Association 282 (1999) 964-970
15. Covassin T., Schatz P., and Swanik C. Sex differences in neuropsychological function and post concussion symptoms of concussed collegiate athletes. Neurosurgery 61 (2007) 345-351
16. Covassin T., Swanik C., and Sachs M. Sex differences and the incidence of concussions among collegiate athletes. Journal of Athletic Training 38 (2003) 238-244
17. Covassin T., Swanik C., Sachs M., Kendrick Z., Schatz P., Zillmer E., et al. Sex differences in baseline neuropsychological function and concussion symptoms of college students. British Journal of Sports Medicine 40 (2006) 923-927
18. Duckro P., Tait R., and Margolis R. Prevalence of very severe headache in a large US metropolitan area. Cephalagia 15 (1989) 199-205
19. Echemendia R. Sports neuropsychology: Assessment and management of traumatic brain injury (2006), The Guilford Press, New York
20. Erlanger D., Feldman D., Kutner K., Kaushik T., Kroger H., Festa J., et al. Development and validation of a web-based neuropsychological test protocol for sports-related return-to-play decision making. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 18 (2003) 293-316
21. Erlanger D., Kaushik T., Cantu R., Barth J., Broshek D., and Freeman J. Symptom-based assessment of concussion severity. Neurosurgery 98 (2003) 474-484
22. Gosselin N., Theriault M., Leclerc S., Montpalaisir J., and Lassonde M. Neurophysiological anomalies in symptomatic and asymptomatic concussed athletes. Neurosurgery 58 (2006) 1151-1160
23. Hunt T., Ferrara M., Miller L., and Macciocchi S. The effect of effort on baseline neuropsychological test scores in high school football athletes. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 22 (2007) 615-621
24. Iverson G., Brooks B., Lovell M., and Collins M. No cumulative effects of one or two previous concussions. British Journal of Sports Medicine 40 (2006) 72-75
25. Iverson G., Lovell M., and Collins M. Validity of ImPACT for measuring processing speed following sports-related concussion. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 27 (2005) 1-7
26. Johnson R.A., and Wichern D.W. Applied multivariate statistical analysis (1998), Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
27. Kessler R., McGonagle K., Zhao S., Nelson C., Hughes M., Eshleman S., et al. Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of DSM-III-R psychiatric disorders in the United States: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey. Archives of General Psychiatry 51 (1994) 8-19
28. Killam C., Cautin R., and Santucci A. Assessing the residual neuropsychological effects of head trauma in college athletes who participate in contact sports. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 20 (2005) 599-611
29. Kryst S., and Scherl E. A population-based survey of the social and personal impact of headache. Headache 34 (1994) 344-350
30. Lovell M. ImPACT 2007 (6.0) clinical interpretation manual (2007), ImPACT Applications
31. Lovell, M. (April 28, 2008). Personal communication.
32. Lovell, M., Collins, M., Maroon, J., Powell, J., Barber-Foss, K., & Powell, J. W. (2002). ImPACT concussion management software (Version 5.0). ImPACT Applications.
33. Lovell M., Echemendia R., Barth J., and Collins M. Traumatic brain injury in sports: An international neuropsychological perspective (2004), Swets and Zeitlinger, Lisse, The Netherlands
34. McCrory P., Johnston K., Meeuwise W., Aubry M., Cantu R., Dvorak J., et al. Summary and agreement statement of the second international conference on concussion in sport. British Journal of Sports Medicine 39 (2005) 196-204
35. Mihalik J., Stump J., Collins M., Lovell M., Field M., and Maroon J. Posttraumatic migraine characteristics in athletes following sports-related concussion. Journal of Neurosurgery 102 (2005) 850-855
36. Moser R., Schatz P., and Jordan B. Prolonged effects of concussion in high school athletes. Neurosurgery 57 (2005) 300-306
37. Myers R.H., Montgomery D.C., and Vining G.G. Generalized linear models (2002), Wiley, New York
38. National Institute of Mental Health. (2008). Statistics. Accessed at http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/index.shtml, May 19, 2008.
39. Pellman E., Lovell M., Viano D., and Casson I. Concussion in professional football: Recovery of NFL and high school athletes assessed by computerized neuropsychological testing-Part 12. Neurosurgery 58 (2006) 1-10
40. Pellman E., Lovell M., Viano D., Casson I., and Tucker A. Concussion in professional football: Neuropsychological Testing-Part 6. Neurosurgery 55 (2004) 1290-1305
41. Register-Mihalik J., Guskiewicz K., Mann J., and Shields E. The effects of headache on clinical measures of neurocognitive function. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 17 (2007) 282-288
42. Sander J., and Shorvon S. Epidemiology of the epilepsies. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 61 (1996) 443
43. Schatz P., Pardini J., Lovell M., Collins M., and Podell K. Sensitivity and specificity of the ImPACT test battery for concussion in athletes. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 21 (2006) 91-99
44. Tatsuoka M.M. Standardization and norms (1979), Institute for Personality and Ability, Urbana, IL
45. Van Kampen D., Lovell M., Pardini J., Collins M., and Fu F. The "Value Added" of neurocognitive testing after sports related concussion. American Journal of Sports Medicine 10 (2006) 1-6
46. Wilens T., Faraone S., and Biederman J. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adults. Journal of the American Medical Association 292 (2004) 619-623