The development of the Westmead PTA scale for children. Stage 1: normative data

Arthur Shores

The development of the Westmead PTA scale for children. Stage 1

normative data

Arthur Shores

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Abstract

The Westmead PTA Scale was designed to objectively measure the period of post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) in head-injured adults. This paper reports on research aimed at adapting the Westmead PTA Scale for use with head-injured children. The first stage of this research involves establishing norms for hospitalised, non-head-injured children between the ages of 6 and 16. To date, the performances of 55 children have been measured. The preliminary findings suggest that some modifications to the scale are necessary for children 6 to 8 years of age. Based on this evidence, a proposed version of the Westmead PTA Scale for children will be presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	415-415
Number of pages	1
Journal	Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
Volume	13
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - May 1991

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