Department of Physical Education, Exercise, and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599.
J Athl Train. 1998 Jan;33(1):36-40.
To provide normal data for comparison with objective measures of an athlete's cognitive ability after mild head injury (MHI).
Seventy-two Division I college athletes.
Athletes were assessed on three test dates (two days apart) in a sports medicine research laboratory.
Normative data were collected on four cognitive tests (Hopkins Verbal Learning Test, Stroop Test, Reitan Trail-Making Tests, and Wechsler Digit Span Tests).
A repeated-measures analysis of variance revealed significant learning effects on all tests except the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test. A high correlation was noted between the Stroop and the Trail-Making Tests.
These normative data can be used as comparisions to provide an objective measure of an athlete's cognitive ability following MHI. By adding this test battery to the athlete's other physical and neurologic tests, the decision to return an athlete to competition after MHI can be made with greater confidence and with less risk of reinjury.
为比较轻度头部损伤(MHI)后运动员认知能力的客观测量结果提供正常数据。
72 名一级大学运动员。
运动员在运动医学研究实验室的三个测试日期(相隔两天)进行评估。
在四项认知测试(霍普金斯词语学习测试、斯特鲁普测试、里坦连续操作测试和韦氏数字跨度测试)上收集了正常数据。
重复测量方差分析显示,除了霍普金斯词语学习测试外,所有测试都存在显著的学习效应。斯特鲁普测试和连续操作测试之间存在高度相关性。
这些正常数据可作为比较,为 MHI 后运动员的认知能力提供客观测量。通过将这个测试组合添加到运动员的其他身体和神经测试中,可以更有信心地做出让运动员重返比赛的决定,并且受伤的风险更小。