Neuropsychological Testing
Functional brain abnormalities are related to clinical recovery and time to return-to-play in athletes
Source: www.neurosurgery-online.com
The relationship between athlete reports of symptoms, neurophysiological activation, and neuropsychological functioning is investigated in a sample of high school athletes.
Recovery of cognitive and dynamic motor function following concussion
Authors: Tonya M Parker, Louis R Osternig, Paul van Donkelaar and Li-Shan Chou
Source: Br. J. Sports Med. 2007;41;868-873; originally published online 21 May 2007
Neuropsychological testing has been advocated as an important tool of proper post-concussion management. Although these measures provide information that can be used in the decision of when to return an individual to previous levels of physical activity, they provide little data on motor performance following injury.
Computerised neuropsychological testing
Authors: A Collie, P Maruff
Source: Br J Sports Med
Should it be performed by neuropsychologists or team doctors? The dual roles of neuropsychological testing in sports concussion are well established. Neuropsychological assessment may aid understanding of the brain structures and processes underlying concussion and the Post Concussion Syndrome..
Computerised cognitive assessment of concussed Australian Rules footballers
Authors: M Makdissi, A Collie, P MaruV, D G Darby, A Bush, P McCrory, K Bennell
Source: Br J Sports Med 2001;35:354–360
“Paper and pencil” neuropsychological tests play an important role in the management of sports related concussions. They provide objective information on the athlete’s cognitive function and thus facilitate decisions on safe return to sport. It has been proposed that computerised cognitive tests have many advantages over such conventional tests, but their role in this domain is yet to be established..
Psychometric issues associated with computerised neuropsychological assessment of concussed athletes
Authors: Alexander Collie PhD, Paul Maruff PhD, Michael McStephen BSc(Hons) & Michael Makdissi MBBS2
Source: Br J Sports Med
The dual roles of neuropsychological testing in sports concussion are well established. Neuropsychological assessment may aid understanding of the brain structures and processes underlying concussion and the post-concussion syndrome..
Are Reliable Change (RC) calculations appropriate for determining the extent of cognitive change in concussed athletes?
Authors: Alexander Collie PhD, Paul Maruff PhD, Michael McStephen BSc(Hons) & David Darby MBBS PhD
Source: Br J Sports Med
Reliable Change (RC) analyses are a group of statistical techniques that are used in many areas of medicine to help determine when an individual’s performance on a neuropsychological test has changed from a previous assessment1 with the same test.
Concussed or Not Concussed: What was the question?
Authors: Carol Broderick, Amanda Skakum, Tom Schweizer, Farah Jindani, Muriel Vogel-Sprott, James Danckert & Eric Roy.
Source: Departments of Psychology and Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
The complete management of concussion is a serious issue in sport. Return-to-play guidelines are typically based on symptom resolution as the most important criterion. Previously, traditional pencil and paper neuropsychological tests have been used to determine when symptoms of concussion have resolved.
Computerised cognitive assessment of athletes with sports related head injury
Authors: A Collie, D Darby, P Maruff
Source: Br J Sports Med
Professional and amateur participants in many sports are at risk of brain injury caused by impact with other players or objects. In many cases, mild cognitive deficits may persist after the common neurological signs of brain injury has passed.
Reliability and Validity of CogSport
Authors: ALEX COLLIE PHD, MICHAEL MAKDISSI MD, DAVID DARBY MD PHD, KIM BENNELL MD PHD, PAUL McCRORY MD PHD & PAUL MARUFF PHD
Source: CogSport
A brief, computerised cognitive test designed for serial assessment of athletes.
Statistical procedures for determining the extent of cognitive change following concussion
Authors: A Collie, P Maruff, M Makdissi, M McStephen, D G Darby, P McCrory
Source: Br J Sports Med
Neuropsychological (NP) testing is now often used to help to determine if the cognitive function of a concussed athlete has declined. The NP test score after concussion is compared with the baseline test score..
