The base rate of suboptimal effort in a pediatric mild TBI sample: Performance on the medical symptom validity test

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 860-872

  Kirkwood, Michael W ^a   Kirk, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Effort testing; Medical Symptom Validity Test; Mild traumatic brain injury; Post concussion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77954052024     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040903527287     Document Type: Article

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