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This research aims to investigate the neuropsychological impairments following closed head injury in youth.

Neuropsychological Impairment After Closed Head Injury in Children and Adolescents

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This research aims to investigate the neuropsychological impairments following closed head injury in youth.
Evaluation of neuropsychological functions in children and adolescents post-injury.
Assessment of memory storage and retrieval processes.
Correlation analysis of impairment severity with coma duration and Glasgow Coma Scale scores.
Approximately 50% of the sample exhibited memory impairment following closed head injury.
Neuropsychological deficits correlated with the severity of acute injury, indicated by prolonged coma duration.
Lower Glasgow Coma Scale scores were linked to increased neuropsychological impairment.

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Randomized trial reveals long-term memory impairment in children after closed head injury, indicating serious effects on development.

Levin et al. (1979) studied this question.

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