title: Neuropsychological Assessment of Driving Capacity.
abstract: Clinicians are increasingly requested to make determinations regarding patients' driving capacity in the context of neurological injury/conditions and a growing cohort of older drivers. The capability to drive safely involves a number of cognitive, physical, and sensorimotor abilities that may be impacted by injury, illness, or substances that influence alertness. Neuropsychological measures are an important component of a multidisciplinary approach for evaluation of driving capacity. Clinicians should become familiar with measures that have the best predictive validity so they may incorporate a patient's neurocognitive strengths and weaknesses in decisions about driving ability.
authors.affiliation: MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC, USA penny.wolfe@medstar.net.
authors.forename: Penny L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Wolfe
authors.affiliation: MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Katie A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Lehockey
mesh_terms: D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000523:psychology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology
keywords: Assessment; Disability/handicaps; Elderly/geriatrics/aging; Head injury; Traumatic brain injury