Citation

Gorman S, Barnes MA, Swank PR, Ewing-Cobbs L. Dev. Neuropsychol. 2017; 42(3): 127-145.

Affiliation

c Children's Learning Institute, Department of Pediatrics , University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston , Houston , Texas.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/87565641.2017.1315581

PMID

28497984

Abstract

In a prospective longitudinal study, the trajectory of verbal and visual-spatial working memory (WM) development was examined 2-, 6-, 12-, and 24-months following complicated-mild to severe pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI; n = 55) relative to an orthopedic injury comparison group (n = 47). Individual growth curve modeling revealed an interaction of age, severity, and time for verbal, but not visual-spatial WM. The youngest children with severe TBI had the lowest scores and slowest verbal WM growth. WM outcome is best understood in light of age at injury and TBI severity.

FINDINGS support the early vulnerability hypothesis and highlight the need for long-term follow-up.

Language: en