Cerebral perfusion and psychometric testing in military amateur boxers and controls.
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Cerebral perfusion and psychometric testing in military amateur boxers and controls.
The objective was to compare two neurophysiological variables in active amateur boxers with non-boxing sportsmen. 41 boxers and 27 controls were given psychometric tests: 34 boxers and 34 controls underwent technetium-99m hexamethylpropyleneamineoxime single photon emission computerised tomography (Tc-99m HMPAO SPECT) cerebral perfusion scans. The controls performed better at most aspects of th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.59.4.368