Neurocognitive Function of Emergency Department Patients With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

A prospective study of symptoms and neurocognitive outcomes in youth with concussion vs orthopaedic injuries

“…Although the subjects are adults, the results of those investigations are relevant to the study reported in this paper, which utilizes ImPACT to evaluate paediatric patients recruited in the emergency department setting. Peterson et al [29] compared subjects aged 18-59 who had mTBI with no abnormalities on head CT to control subjects with isolated non-dominant hand extremity injury. Concussed subjects and controls performed similarly on tests of verbal and visual memory.…”

Prospective, Head-to-Head Study of Three Computerized Neurocognitive Assessment Tools Part 2: Utility for Assessment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Emergency Department Patients

“…However, very few studies have examined the performance of CNTs in patients recruited from EDs. One study of ImPACT found statistically slower reaction time/processing speed (but equivalent verbal and visual memory) in mTBI versus control participants tested in the ED (Peterson, Stull, Collins, & Wang, 2009), whereas another study found a moderate effect of mTBI on immediate memory (as measured by the Rapid Screen of Concussion computerized battery) but nonsignificant effects of six other indices after adjusting for confounding variables (recent alcohol use; Sheedy, Geffen, Donnelly, & Faux, 2006). …”

Computerized Neuropsychological Assessment Devices: Joint Position Paper of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology and the National Academy of Neuropsychology

“…Researchers have used computerized neuropsychological testing with numerous clinical groups across the lifespan. Examples include children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (Bolfer et al, 2010; Chamberlain et al, 2011; Gualtieri & Johnson, 2006; Polderman, van Dongen, & Boomsma, 2011) or depression (Brooks, Iverson, Sherman, & Roberge, 2010); adults with psychiatric illnesses, such as depression or bipolar disorder (Iverson, Brooks, Langenecker, & Young, 2011; Sweeney, Kmiec, & Kupfer, 2000); and adolescents and young adults who sustain sport-related concussions (Bleiberg, Garmoe, Halpern, Reeves, & Nadler, 1997; Bleiberg et al, 2004; Broglio, Ferrara, Macciocchi, Baumbartner, & Elliott, 2007; Cernich, Reeves, Sun, & Bleiberg, 2007; Collie, Makdissi, Maruff, Bennell, & McCrory, 2006; Collins, Lovell, Iverson, Ide, & Maroon, 2006; Gualtieri & Johnson, 2008; Iverson, Brooks, Collins, & Lovell, 2006; Iverson, Brooks, Lovell, & Collins, 2006; Peterson, Stull, Collins, & Wang, 2009; Van Kampen, Lovell, Pardini, Collins, & Fu, 2006). CNADs have also been applied to adult epilepsy (Moore, McAuley, Long, & Bornstein, 2002), cardiovascular surgery (Raymond, Hinton-Bayre, Radel, Ray, & Marsh, 2006), neurocognitive problems encountered by active duty military service members and veterans (Anger et al, 1999; Marx et al, 2009; McLay, Spira, & Reeves, 2010; Retzlaff, Callister, & King, 1999; Vasterling et al, 2006), and mild cognitive impairment in older adults (Doniger et al, 2006; Dwolatzky et al, 2004; Gualtieri & Johnson, 2005; Tornatore, Hill, Laboff, & McGann, 2005; Wild, Howieson, Webbe, Seelye, & Kaye, 2008) or dementia (Doniger et al, 2005; Dorion et al, 2002; Wouters, de Koning et al, 2009; Wouters, Zwinderman, van Gool, Schmand, & Lindeboom, 2009).…”