title: Psychometric data for the NFL neuropsychological test battery.
abstract: As part of a comprehensive league-wide study of concussion, the National Football League's Committee on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury sponsored a neuropsychological testing program from 1996 through 2001. Nearly 1,000 athletes participated voluntarily in the study. Traditional paper-and-pencil neuropsychological tests were used for baseline assessment. Neuropsychological tests used in the study included the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised, the Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised, Trail-Making Tests (Parts A and B), and the Controlled Oral Word Association Test. We present a factor analysis of these baseline data on 513 athletes who completed all of the neuropsychological tests and present normative psychometric data on the multiple baseline tests employed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Lovell
authors.forename: Gary S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Solomon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000523:psychology; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003625:Data Collection / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005538:Football / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics