Measurement of reaction time following minor head injury.
- 1 December 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 47 (12) , 1326-1331
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.47.12.1326
Abstract
A 4-choice reaction time test was carried out on 45 minor head injury cases in humans, 24 h after the injury and 6 wk later. Subjects (28) were re-tested after a 6 mo. interval. Reaction time measures were also obtained in a matched, general practice control group. The concussion cases displayed significantly poorer performances than the matched controls in 4 measures, at day 0 and at 6 wk. The patients also showed serial improvement in these measures up to 6 mo. after the injury, when their scores excelled those of the matched controls.Keywords
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