Relationships between the Digit Symbol Test and a Noncoding Motoric Equivalent in Assessments of Brain-Damaged Patients

Abstract

For 70 rehabilitation patients aged 17 to 85 yr. mean ratios of number of symbols coded to number copied were .48 for 10 persons (16 to 19 yr.) and .47 for 60 (20 to 69 yr.) which compares with .44 for normal subjects. Coding and copying are moderately correlated, and copying may be more sensitive to brain damage.

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

LeFever

F. F.

(1985) A noncoding motoric equivalent measures most of what the Digit Symbol does, including age changes. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 61, 371–377.

Lezak

M. D.

(1983) Neuropsychological assessment. (2nd ed.) New York: Oxford Univer. Press.