Using the La Trobe Communication Questionnaire to measure perceived social communication ability in adolescents with traumatic brain injury

Brain Impairment

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-182

  Douglas, Jacinta M ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Assessment; Brain injury; Social communication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LA TROBE COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTTRAUMATIC AMNESIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 77956285398     PISSN: 14439646     EISSN: 18395252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/brim.11.2.171     Document Type: Article

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