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Cognitive-motor integration deficits in young adult athletes following concussion

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, October 2015
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Title
Cognitive-motor integration deficits in young adult athletes following concussion
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BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, October 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13102-015-0019-4
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Jeffrey A. Brown, Marc Dalecki, Cindy Hughes, Alison K. Macpherson, Lauren E. Sergio

Abstract

The ability to perform visually-guided motor tasks requires the transformation of visual information into programmed motor outputs. When the guiding visual information does not align spatially with the motor output, the brain processes rules to integrate the information for an appropriate motor response. Here, we look at how performance on such tasks is affected in young adult athletes with concussion history. Participants displaced a cursor from a central to peripheral targets on a vertical display by sliding their finger along a touch sensitive screen in one of two spatial planes. The addition of a memory component, along with variations in cursor feedback increased task complexity across conditions. Significant main effects between participants with concussion history and healthy controls without concussion history were observed in timing and accuracy measures. Importantly, the deficits were distinctly more pronounced for participants with concussion history compared to healthy controls, especially when the brain had to control movements having two levels of decoupling between vision and action. A discriminant analysis correctly classified athletes with a history of concussion based on task performance with an accuracy of 94 %, despite the majority of these athletes being rated asymptomatic by current standards. These findings correspond to our previous work with adults at risk of developing dementia, and support the use of cognitive motor integration as an enhanced assessment tool for those who may have mild brain dysfunction. Such a task may provide a more sensitive metric of performance relevant to daily function than what is currently in use, to assist in return to play/work/learn decisions.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Unknown 132 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 28 21%
Student > Bachelor 24 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 11%
Researcher 11 8%
Other 10 7%
Other 22 16%
Unknown 25 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 23 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 17 13%
Sports and Recreations 15 11%
Neuroscience 12 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 10 7%
Other 26 19%
Unknown 32 24%
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#6,495,853
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#202
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#78,182
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
#7
of 9 outputs
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