Relationship between processing speed and executive functioning performance among OEF/OIF veterans: Implications for postdeployment rehabilitation

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-40

  Nelson, Lonnie A ^a,b   Yoash Gantz, Ruth E ^a,c,e   Pickett, Treven C ^a,b,c,d   Campbell, Thomas A ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center   (United States)

^c VISN6   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuropsychology; Processing speed; Psychiatric; PTSD; Rehabilitation; Stroop; TBI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VELOCITY; VETERAN; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; BRAIN INJURY; INJURY SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; VETERANS;

EID: 66849113826     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e3181957016     Document Type: Article

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