Reliable change, sensitivity, and specificity of a multidimensional concussion assessment battery: Implications for caution in clinical practice

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 274-283

  Register Mihalik, Johna K ^a,b   Guskiewicz, Kevin M ^b   Mihalik, Jason P ^b   Schmidt, Julianne D ^b   Kerr, Zachary Y ^b,c   McCrea, Michael A ^d  

^a WAKEMED HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

balance; cognition; mild traumatic brain injury; sensitivity; serial assessment; specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUTOMATED NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT METRICS; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONCUSSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; GRADED SYMPTOM CHECKLIST; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL CONCUSSION ASSESSMENT BATTERY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY ORGANIZATION TEST; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; STUDENT; SYMPTOM SEVERITY SCORE;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; POSTURAL BALANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880845083     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: 1550509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e3182585d37     Document Type: Article

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