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. 1984 Dec;47(12):1326–1331. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.47.12.1326

Measurement of reaction time following minor head injury.

G MacFlynn, E A Montgomery, G W Fenton, W Rutherford
PMCID: PMC1028141  PMID: 6512553

Abstract

A four-choice reaction time test was carried out on 45 minor head injury cases, 24 hours after the injury and 6 weeks later. Twenty-eight subjects were re-tested after a six month 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 four measures, at day 0 and at 6 weeks. The patients also showed serial improvement in these measures up to six months after the injury, when their scores excelled those of the matched controls.

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