Psychometric data for the NFL neuropsychological test battery

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-209

  Lovell, Mark R ^a   Solomon, Gary S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment diagnosis; sports; tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; DATA COLLECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84860410770     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09084282.2011.595446     Document Type: Review

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