The effect of effort on baseline neuropsychological test scores in high school football athletes
Author(s) -
Tamerah Hunt,
Michèle Ferrara,
Laura C. Miller,
Stephen N. Macciocchi
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
archives of clinical neuropsychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1873-5843
pISSN - 0887-6177
DOI - 10.1016/j.acn.2007.04.005
Subject(s) - concussion , neuropsychology , athletes , neuropsychological test , test (biology) , football , psychology , baseline (sea) , population , neuropsychological assessment , neuropsychological testing , physical therapy , clinical psychology , poison control , medicine , injury prevention , cognition , psychiatry , medical emergency , paleontology , environmental health , political science , law , biology , oceanography , geology
Poor effort on baseline neuropsychological tests is expected to influence interpretation of post-concussion assessment scores. Our study examined effort in an athletic population to determine if poor effort effects neuropsychological test performance.
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