Dual task performance and post traumatic brain injury.
OBJECTIVE
To determine if people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) display deficits in dual tasking ability.


METHODS
Observational and correlational research design used, to identify and describe the nature of dual task impairment in people with TBI.


METHODS
Eighty-six people with TBI were assessed using a new standardized paper-and-pencil assessment of dual tasking ability and a number of other neuropsychological tests assessing attention, executive functioning and memory.


RESULTS
Twenty-three out of the 86 people with TBI (26.74%) performed below the cut-off for normal performance, suggesting that only one quarter of the TBI sample assessed had deficits in attentional control.


CONCLUSIONS
Deficits in task co-ordination are not a necessary consequence of TBI.
Foley
Jennifer A
JA
Human Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. jfoley@ed.ac.uk
Cantagallo
Anna
A
Della Sala
Sergio
S
Logie
Robert H
RH
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D055815:Young Adult