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Neuropsychological Recovery in Head Injury
Sureyya Dikmen, PhD;
Ralph M. Reitan, PhD;
Nancy R. Temkin, PhD
Arch Neurol. 1983;40(6):333-338.
Abstract
• Recovery of neuropsychological functions was studied in a group of adults with mild to severe head injuries. The subjects were first examined when alert and then 12 and 18 months following their first testing. The results support the following conclusions: (1) a broad range of early deficits occur representing the diversity of behavioral performances dependent on the brain; (2) improvement following losses occurs in complex as well as in simple neuropsychological functions; (3) on the basis of information available, conclusions regarding when recovery slows are premature; and most important, (4) the degree of initial deficit is a significant determinant of the subsequent amount of recovery and the residual deficits.
Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine, and Behavioral Sciences and Psychiatry (Dr Dikmen), Neurological Surgery (Drs Dikmen and Temkin), and Biostatistics (Dr Temkin), University of Washington, Seattle; and the Department of Psychology (Dr Reitan), University of Arizona, Tucson.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Oct 7, 1982.
Reprint requests to Department of Rehabilitation Medicine RJ 30, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 (Dr Dikmen).
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