Department of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2013 Feb;28(1):9-20. doi: 10.1093/arclin/acs108. Epub 2012 Dec 6.
Sports neuropsychology has emerged as a specialty area within the field of clinical neuropsychology. The role of the sports neuropsychologist, rooted in baseline and post-concussion testing, has evolved to include other clinical domains, including the clinical assessment of potential draft picks. There is no published information on the neurocognitive characteristics of these draft picks. We sought to determine whether elite NFL draft picks differed from NFL roster athletes on neurocognitive (ImPACT) and biopsychosocial characteristics, and given that no published data exists for this population, adopted null hypotheses. Null hypotheses were rejected for two of the four ImPACT scores, as elite draft picks scored higher on measures of visual motor speed and reaction time than roster NFL athletes. Subtle but distinct neurocognitive differences are noted when comparing elite NFL draft picks with norms from a cumulative roster of a single NFL team.
运动神经心理学已成为临床神经心理学领域的一个专业领域。运动神经心理学家的角色，根植于基线和脑震荡后测试，已经发展到包括其他临床领域，包括对潜在选秀球员的临床评估。目前还没有关于这些选秀球员的神经认知特征的发表信息。我们试图确定精英 NFL 选秀球员是否在神经认知（ImPACT）和生物心理社会特征方面与 NFL 阵容运动员不同，并且由于该人群没有发表的数据，因此采用了零假设。零假设被两个 ImPACT 评分中的两个否定，因为精英选秀球员在视觉运动速度和反应时间方面的得分高于 NFL 阵容运动员。当将精英 NFL 选秀球员与单个 NFL 球队的累积阵容的标准进行比较时，会注意到微妙但明显的神经认知差异。
