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A nonparametric study of the performance of cortical lesion patients on the Cognitive Assessment System.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16820276     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Cortical lesion patients were tested on the Cognitive Assessment System (CAS) in the post-acute phase (median > or = 1 month) to determine the degree of sensitivity and specificity of the CAS subtests to neuropsychological impairment. Nonparametric ANOVA and subsequent Mann-Whitney statistics were used. Demographic variables of age, education, handedness, sex were controlled for Matching Numbers was sensitive to right-hemisphere lesions while Verbal-Spatial Relations was sensitive to anterior lesions. Receptive Attention and Figure Memory were sensitive to posterior lesions. Number Detection was sensitive to right anterior lesions. Nonverbal Matrices was sensitive right anterior lesions and the inclusion of a disproportionate number of left-handers within this specific group appeared to be partly moderating this effect. The magnitudes of the performance decrement for these subtests were substantial with Figure Memory demonstrating the largest effect. The results suggest that select CAS subtests could be useful for the multiple baseline assessment of neuropsychological functioning.
Authors:
Simon M McCrea
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2006-07-03
Journal Detail:
Title:  Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists     Volume:  21     ISSN:  0887-6177     ISO Abbreviation:  Arch Clin Neuropsychol     Publication Date:  2006 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-07-12     Completed Date:  2006-09-05     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9004255     Medline TA:  Arch Clin Neuropsychol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  321-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta., Canada T6G 2V2. smccrea@interchange.ubc.ca
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Analysis of Variance
Brain Injuries / complications,  pathology,  physiopathology*
Case-Control Studies
Cerebral Cortex / pathology*,  physiopathology
Chi-Square Distribution
Cognition / physiology*
Cognition Disorders / etiology,  pathology
Female
Functional Laterality / physiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests / statistics & numerical data*
Statistics, Nonparametric*

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