ABSTRACT
This chapter presents an overview of the practical and methodological considerations relating to the reliability and validity of neuropsychological assessment in sports settings. The constraints of conducting a clinical neuropsychological evaluation are not unique to amateur or professional athletes, but the collection and configuration of constraints is unique and deserving of special consideration. Neuropsychologists need to consider the potential alternate uses for test data and then develop the empirical background necessary to allow for responsible use. Sports neuropsychology is one of the few areas where data on multiple measures over several brief intervals are collected. The implication is that the use of neuropsychological measures with high test-retest reliability may not yield reliable difference scores. In practice, the standard deviation method has been used to assess neuropsychological change following temporal lobectomy and cardiac surgery. Linear regression models have been used to evaluate change on neuropsychological tests.
