Authors' reply to "response to Mayers and Redick: 'Clinical utility of ImPACT assessment for postconcussion return-to-play counseling: Psychometric issues'"

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 435-442

  Mayers, Lester B ^a   Redick, Thomas S ^b  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY COLUMBUS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical utility; Immediate Postconcussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing; Postconcussion; Psychometric issues; Rejoinder

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859196275     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2012.667790     Document Type: Note

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