Cumulative effect of concussion

TL;DR: Factors useful for evaluating recovery such as psychometric testing ‐ a quantitative measure of recovery ‐ are discussed, and risks of premature return to competition are outlined.

TL;DR: A trend of progressive neuropsychologic impairment in a small number of patients (n= 55) spread across four groups: those with the acquired immune deficiency, major depressive disorder, attention deficit-like symptoms, obsessive-compulsive disorder and substance misuse are described.

TL;DR: In this article, Baddeley and Della Sala examined four executive processes of checking, inhibition, sharing and integrating using an empirically derived assessment protocol based on executive process delineation.

TL;DR: Siegel et al. as mentioned in this paper introduced nonparametric statistics for the behavioral sciences and proposed a statistical test theory for behavioral sciences, which is based on the non-parametric test theory.

TL;DR: It is concluded that in patients over 60 no special or heroic methods of treatment are indicated but that in children and adolescents every effort should be made as long as there has not been respiratory arrest and cerebral death.