Traumatic brain injury: A comparison of three clinical tests, and analysis of recovery

Stuss, Donald T.; Stethem, L. L.; Hugenholtz, Herman; Richard, Marie-Claude

doi:10.1080/13854048908403287

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“…The PASAT is often used to provide an estimate of the amount of information that can be handled at one time (Gronwall 1977). Others consider the PASAT as a measure of some central information-processing components similar to that seen in reaction-time and divided-attention tasks (Ponsford & Kinsella 1992; Stuss et al 1989). Some believe the PASAT is just as much a test of mathematical ability as it is of attention (Sherman, Strauss & Spellacy 1997).…”

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Sex Differences in the Effects of Marijuana on Simulated Driving Performance

Anderson

Rizzo

Block

et al. 2010

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

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In the United States, one in six teenagers has driven under the influence of marijuana. Driving under the influence of marijuana and alcohol is equally prevalent, despite the fact that marijuana use is less common than alcohol use. Much of the research examining the effects of marijuana on driving performance was conducted in the 1970s and led to equivocal findings. During that time, few studies included women and driving simulators were rudimentary. Further, the potency of marijuana commonly used recreationally has increased. This study examined sex differences in the acute effects of marijuana on driving performance using a realistic, validated driving simulator. Eighty-five subjects (n = 50 males, 35 females) participated in this between-subjects, double-blind, placebo controlled study. In addition to an uneventful, baseline segment of driving, participants were challenged with collision avoidance and distracted driving scenarios. Under the influence of marijuana, participants decreased their speed and failed to show expected practice effects during a distracted drive. No differences were found during the baseline driving segment or collision avoidance scenarios. No differences attributable to sex were observed. This study enhances the current literature by identifying distracted driving and the integration of prior experience as particularly problematic under the influence of marijuana.

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Sex Differences in the Effects of Marijuana on Simulated Driving Performance

Anderson

Rizzo

Block

et al. 2010

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

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“…By one year follow-up, these subtle deficits had also resolved, with mTBI individuals performing comparably to controls. While they concluded that there was no evidence of clinical impairment, they and other researchers have noted a trend that mTBI individuals generally score slightly lower than controls (Dikmen et al 1986;Stuss et al, 1989).…”

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confidence: 93%

Neuropsychological Studies of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Meta-Analytic Review of Research Since 1995

Frencham

Fox

Maybery

2005

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

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A meta-analysis conducted by Binder, Rohling and Larrabee established a relationship between mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) and small reductions in cognitive functioning in individuals assessed more than 3 months post-injury. As a follow-up, this study summarized similar research that (1) was published since the previous meta-analysis, and (2) included data collected at any stage post-injury. An extensive literature search revealed 17 suitable studies from which effect sizes were aggregated. The overall effect size was g = 0.32, p < .001. Speed of processing measures had the largest effect, g = 0.47, p < .001. The merging of post-acute effect sizes with those reported in Binder et al.'s review yielded a nonsignificant result, g = 0.11. Time since injury was found to be a significant moderator variable, with effect sizes tending to zero with increasing time post injury.

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“…These include dementia of the Alzheimer's type (Amieva et al, 1998;Lamberty, Putnam, Chatel, Beliauskas, & 898 R. Lange et al Adams, 1994;Rasmusson, Zonderman, Kawas, & Resnick, 1998), alcoholism (Grant, Reed, & Adams, 1987), polysubstance abuse (McCaffrey, Krahula, & Heimberg, 1989), multiple sclerosis (Heaton, Nelson, Thompson, Bursks, & Franklin, 1985), postconcussion syndrome (Cicerone & Azulay, 2002), drug abuse , depression (Naismith et al, 2003), HIV (Basso & Bornstein, 2003), chronic toxic encephalopathy (Nilson, Barregard, & Backman, 1999), and neuropsychiatric disorders (Kim et al, 2003;Lamberty et al, 1994). The TMT is also well established as a sensitive measure of cognitive problems associated with traumatic brain injury (e.g., Axelrod, Aharon-Peretz, Tomar, & Fisher, 2000;Lamberty et al, 1994;Leininger, Gramling, Farrell, & Peck, 1990;Reitan, 1958;Ruffolo, Guilmette, & Willis, 2000;Stuss, Stethem, Hugenholtz, & Richard, 1989). In a neuropsychological outcome study in patients one year post brain injury, Dikmen, Machamer, Winn, and Temkin (1995) demonstrated a linear relation between time to follow commands and cognitive impairment based on a large neuropsychological battery that included the TMT.…”

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Interpreting the Trail Making Test Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Comparison of Traditional Time Scores and Derived Indices

Lange

Iverson

Zakrzewski

et al. 2005

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

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The purpose of this study was to examine the clinical application of traditional time scores and various derived indices from the Trail Making Test (TMT) in a sample of 571 patients with acute traumatic brain injury (TBI). Participants were classified into four injury severity groups. A clear linear relation between injury severity and TMT performance was demonstrated, with the more severely brain injured patients performing more poorly on most measures. Hierarchical logistic regression analysis of TMT time scores across binary extreme groups based on injury severity resulted in high classification rates for patients with very mild TBI (93.0% correctly classified) and low classification rates for patients with moderate to severe TBI (50.0% correctly classified). However, TMT derived indices did not provide a unique contribution to test interpretation beyond what is already available from Part A and B separately.

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Traumatic brain injury: A comparison of three clinical tests, and analysis of recovery

Cited by 94 publications

References 27 publications

Sex Differences in the Effects of Marijuana on Simulated Driving Performance

Sex Differences in the Effects of Marijuana on Simulated Driving Performance

Neuropsychological Studies of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Meta-Analytic Review of Research Since 1995

Interpreting the Trail Making Test Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Comparison of Traditional Time Scores and Derived Indices

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