Reliability of a Computerized Neurocognitive Test in Baseline Concussion Testing of High School Athletes

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 367-372

  MacDonald, James ^a,b   Duerson, Drew ^a  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AxonSports; computerized cognitive assessment tool; intraclass correlation coefficient; psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COGNITION; COMPUTERIZED NEUROCOGNITIVE TEST; CONCUSSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCCER; SPORT INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATTENTION; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATTENTION; BRAIN CONCUSSION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCCER;

EID: 84936891057     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000139     Document Type: Article

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