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Evaluating Motor Control Improves Discrimination of Adolescents with and without Sports Related Concussion
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Learn about the role of motor control evaluation in concussion diagnosis and treatment.
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High Sleep Disturbance and Longer Concussion Duration in Repeat Concussions
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Learn about varying sleep patterns and associated symptoms in patients with multiple concussions.
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King Devick computerized neurocognitive test scores in professional football players with learning and attentional disabilities
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Objective This study examined outcomes from the King Devick (K-D) in athletes with Learning Disabilities (LD) and attention disorders (ADHD). Methods A total of 574 professional football players from the Canadian Football League (CFL) completed baseline evaluations with computerized neurocognitive testing (CNT) prior to the 2016 competitive season. Player age, education, history of concussion, LD, and ADHD were analyzed for K-D and Immediate Post Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT) performance. A series of analyses of co-variance (ANCOVA’s) were used to compare participants with a history of LD and ADHD with history of concussion as a co-variate. Results Approximately 5% of participants reported a diagnosed history of LD and 13% with ADHD. Performance on the K-D test was not significantly correlated with age, education, or history of concussion but was significantly correlated with history of LD and ADHD. Participants with LD performed approximately 6.9 s slower on the K-D test (t[563] = 4.70, p. = 0.0003) and participants with ADHD were approximately 2 s slower (t[572] = 2.04, p. = 0.04). Conclusions Results indicated that players with a history of diagnosed LD and ADHD performed slower on the K-D test in comparison to athletes with no history of diagnoses. The results of this study underscore the importance of recognizing individualized outcomes when using the K-D.
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Brief iPad-Based Assessment of Cognitive Functioning with ImPACT(R) Pediatric
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Discover commonalities across ImPACT Pediatric factor scores.
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The Relationship Between Postinjury Symptomatology and Days Postinjury for the Graded Symptom Scale in Concussed Adolescent Athletes
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Learn the relationship between symptoms and recovery time in this new research.
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Preinjury and Postinjury Factors That Predict Sports-Related Concussion and Clinical Recovery Time
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Learn the role of pre-injury risk factors in predicting subsequent head injuries and recovery time after concussion.
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Financial incentives influence ImPACT validity indices but not cognitive composite scores
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Incentives, like return to play, have been said to influence performance on ImPACT. Learn more in this study.
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Novel ImPACT validity indices in collegiate student-athletes with and without histories of ADHD or academic difficulties
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ADHD is an important modifier for baseline scores. Learn how in this article.