Impaired National Adult Reading Test (NART) performance in traumatic brain injury

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 234-255

  Skilbeck, Clive ^a,b   Dean, Tracey ^a   Thomas, Matt ^c   Slatyer, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Education; Impaired NART; Mood; TBI recovery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875382504     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2012.747968     Document Type: Article

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