Executive Function Profiles in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury

Authors

Erik N. Ringdahl, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Megan L. Becker, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Julia E. Hussey, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Nicholas S. Thaler, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Sally J. Vogel, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Chad Cross, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Joan Mayfield, Private PracticeFollow
Daniel N. Allen, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-27-2018

Publication Title

Developmental Neuropsychology

First page number:

1

Last page number:

17

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) results in heterogeneous patterns of neuropsychological impairment. This study investigated heterogeneity in executive function (EF) using the Comprehensive Trail Making Test (CTMT) to evaluate 121 children and adolescents with TBI and 121 matched normal controls. The TBI group performed approximately two standard deviations below controls. Cluster analyses indicated that a three-cluster solution best classified the TBI group and a four-cluster solution best classified controls. Greater impairment in EF was associated with lower intellectual, achievement, and neuropsychological test performance in the TBI group. Results suggest that EF deficits reflected in CTMT performance may be useful for classifying severity of TBI.

Disciplines

Cognitive Psychology | Medicine and Health Sciences

Language

English

Repository Citation

Ringdahl, E. N., Becker, M. L., Hussey, J. E., Thaler, N. S., Vogel, S. J., Cross, C., Mayfield, J., Allen, D. N. (2018). Executive Function Profiles in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. Developmental Neuropsychology 1-17.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/87565641.2018.1557190