Citation

Lovell MR, Solomon GS. Appl. Neuropsychol. 2011; 18(3): 197-209.

Affiliation

Department of Orthopedics , University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/09084282.2011.595446

PMID

21846219

Abstract

As part of a comprehensive league-wide study of concussion, the National Football League's Committee on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury sponsored a neuropsychological testing program from 1996 through 2001. Nearly 1,000 athletes participated voluntarily in the study. Traditional paper-and-pencil neuropsychological tests were used for baseline assessment. Neuropsychological tests used in the study included the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised, the Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised, Trail-Making Tests (Parts A and B), and the Controlled Oral Word Association Test. We present a factor analysis of these baseline data on 513 athletes who completed all of the neuropsychological tests and present normative psychometric data on the multiple baseline tests employed.

Keywords: American football

Language: en