Delayed-onset deficits in verbal encoding strategies among patients with mild traumatic brain injury

• Published in: Neuropsychology Vol. 17; no. 4; p. 622
• Main Authors: Bruce, Jared M, Echemendia, Ruben J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.2003
• Subjects: Adult; Athletic Injuries - psychology; Attention - physiology; Brain Concussion - psychology; Brain Injuries - psychology; Cluster Analysis; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Memory - physiology; Neuropsychological Tests; Time Factors; Verbal Learning - physiology

Knowledge obtained from longitudinal animal models was used to predict the course of verbal memory deficits in 19 concussed patients and 19 control patients who were given versions of the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test--Revised at 2 hr, 48 hr, and 1 week postconcussion. The physiological literature su...