From: Predicting the post-treatment recovery of patients suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Name | Description |
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TMT-B | Train making test-part B: measures cognitive flexibility (frontal lobe function) |
BTA | Brief test of attention (total score) |
WCST-NC | Wisconsin card shorting test: percentage total score of conceptual level (number of categories correctly achieved); also measures cognitive flexibility |
WCST-RP | Wisconsin card shorting test: # preservative responses (represent error) |
FAS | Phonetic fluency test which uses as cues letters F, A, and S as the initial letters for the patients to start the production of words |
ICP | Measure a subject’s ability to perform daily activities, and awareness of the disease |
CIV | Verbal intelligent quotient (VIQ): measures ability to handle verbal material |
CIM | Performance IQ (PIQ): measures ability to handle visio-spatial / non-verbal material |
CV | Verbal comprehension index (VCI) |
MT | Working memory (WM): measures the subject’s ability to maintain information in short-term memory and recall it |
OP | Perceptual organization (PO) |
VP | Processing speed index (PSI) |
IAC | Attention/concentration index (ACI) |
IMG | General memory index (GMI) |
IRD | Delayed recall index (DRI) |