In published research, ANAM has proven particularly sensitive to changes in cognition following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

 

 

 

 

 

ANAM - Largest Set of Military Neurocognitive Assessment Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANAM WINSCAT is used by NASA to monitor cognitive function at the Space Station.

Military Health

ANAM™ has a long history in research and clinical practice in all branches of the U.S. Armed Services. ANAM's benefits for military applications include:

  • Selected by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in 2008 for universal pre-deployment assessment
  • More than 700,000 baseline service member assessments
  • Normative database of more than 100,000 assessments
  • High differential stability (essential for repeated measures)
  • Large database of studies providing construct validity (e.g., studies report that ANAM accurately assesses neuropsychological function and test sensitivity given risk factors, disease, and extreme operational environments)

Tests used by the U.S. Department of Defense for cognitive testing include:

  • TBI Questionnaire
  • Sleepiness Scale
  • Mood Scale
  • Simple Reaction Time
  • Code Substitution – Learning
  • Procedural Reaction Time
  • Matching to Sample
  • Mathematical Processing
  • Code Substitution – Delayed Memory
  • Simple Reaction Time (repeated)

The twenty-minute battery measures reaction time, memory, and executive function that are critical for health and decision-making.

Using ANAM4 to test for neurocognitive change in brain injury

In published research, ANAM has proven particularly sensitive to changes in cognition following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).

  • In clinical studies, patients with mild to severe TBI perform worse on ANAM assessments than healthy individuals.
  • Following concussion or mild TBI, ANAM has been shown to validly document initial cognitive decline and recovery of cognitive functioning.
  • ANAM has been used to study effects of sport-related impacts on cognitive functioning.

Military-related ANAM research shows:

  • Baseline testing is important. An individual's post-injury and/or post-deployment ANAM assessments should be compared with their baseline assessments for accurate measurement of cognitive change.
  • ANAM post-deployment testing is important. ANAM is accurate and sensitive to cognitive change in those who report head injury during deployment.
  • Consistent ANAM monitoring is important.  Throughout the continuum of care, ANAM tracks cognitive changes over time.

ANAM use in military populations:

  • Brain injury monitoring
  • Deployment Studies
    (Afghanistan, Bosnia, Iraq)
  • Fort Bragg Paratrooper TBI Study
  • West Point Boxing Study
  • Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center Applications
  • Live Live-Fire Studies
  • Fitness-to-Perform

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