Dana Waltzman, Jill Daugherty, Kelly Sarmiento, Juliet Haarbauer-Krupa, Hillary Campbell, Deanna Ferrell
Prevalence of Suspected Concussions Among K-12 Students in Utah: Findings From Utah's Student Injury Reporting System
The Journal of school health
establish specific features executive functions ef impairment attention vascular cognitive impairment vci alzheimers disease ad eighty people age 50 diagnosed cerebrovascular disease cvd ad well 29 healthy volunteers control group examined following neuropsychological methods used study quantitative qualitative characteristics cognitive impairments minimental state examination mmse montreal cognitive assessment moca exit25 frontal assessment battery fab clock drawing test 12 words test verbal associations literal categorical method trail making test b symboldigit modalities test sdmt stroop test benton visual retention test mandatory inclusion criteria study included completed magnetic resonance imaging mri brain t1 t2 flair dwi swi modes within 1 year enrollment one groups significant differences age sex level education found groups groups ad cvd also comparable severity cognitive impairment overall attention working memory deficits observed cvd ad slightly pronounced deficits ad group qualitative analysis individual components working memory revealed cvd ad groups comparable cognitive control impairment compared control group ad characterized significant decrease intellectual flexibility compared cvd sustained attention equally impaired among patients cvd ad groups significant difference control group p005 terms memory found auditoryverbal memory semantic memory significantly affected ad visual memory impaired conditions attention ef impairments specific subcortical type cognitive disorders already early stages ad characterized significant impairment attention ef component ef intellectual flexibility suffers onset ad greater extent vci memory impairments specific ad already onset vci visual memory impairment comparable ad noted obtained data used early neuropsychological diagnosis differential diagnosis dementing cerebral diseases