Open AccessNeuropsychological examination is an important component of diagnosing the consequences of traumatic brain injury
Author(s) -
E. Salganik
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
nevrologičeskij vestnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2304-3067
pISSN - 1027-4898
DOI - 10.17816/nb80959
Subject(s) - neuropsychology , traumatic brain injury , seat belt , neurological examination , psychology , brain trauma , component (thermodynamics) , neuropsychological testing , medical emergency , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychiatry , cognition , engineering , physics , thermodynamics , automotive engineering
Patient X., 39 years old, an actor by profession, had an accident on May 9, 1980. A car driven by another driver crashed into X's car from the right side. The patient was wearing a seat belt and was pushed to the left door of the car. He could not describe the details of the incident. He remembered how the police pulled him out of the car.