Neurocognitive vulnerability amongst university rugby players versus noncontact sport controls

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 870-884

  Shuttleworth Edwards, Ann B ^a   Smith, Ian ^a   Radloff, Sarah E ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mild traumatic brain injury; Rugby union; Sports concussion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RUGBY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54349086349     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390701846914     Document Type: Article

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