Development and evaluation of an ecological task to assess executive functioning post childhood TBI: The children's cooking task

Brain Impairment

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-143

  Chevignard, Mathilde P ^a,b,c   Catroppa, Cathy ^c,e   Galvin, Jane ^c,d   Anderson, Vicki ^c,e  

^a Hospital National de Saint Maurice   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child; Ecological assessment; Executive functions; Naturalistic task; Traumatic brain injury; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 77956272985     PISSN: 14439646     EISSN: 18395252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/brim.11.2.125     Document Type: Article

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