title: Clinical utility of the LANSE-A in adolescents with traumatic brain injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical utility of a brief cognitive screening instrument, the Lebby-Asbell Neurocognitive Screening Examination for Adolescents (LANSE-A) in 12-17 year-old adolescents with traumatic brain injury in an inpatient rehabilitation setting.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study of 56 referred patients, evaluated at a median of 32 days postinjury. Regression analysis was used to determine the contribution of the LANSE-A to prediction of discharge status, as assessed with the Functional Independence Measure for Children (WeeFIM).
  
  
  RESULTS
  After controlling for premorbid complicating factors, parental education, duration to follow commands, and WeeFIM Cognition score obtained upon admission, the LANSE-A Visual Memory and Verbal Association subtests accounted for a statistically significant amount of unique variance in the WeeFIM Cognition score obtained at discharge.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The LANSE-A improves prediction of acute rehabilitation outcomes of adolescents with traumatic brain injury.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Service, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.affiliation: Psychology Service, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital.
authors.forename: Shana J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Asbell
authors.affiliation: Psychology Service, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital.
authors.forename: Jacobus
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Donders
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D016896:Treatment Outcome