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ArticleJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2016

Do children and adolescent ice hockey players with and without a history of concussion differ in robotic testing of sensory, motor and cognitive function?

C Elaine Little, Carolyn Emery, Stephen H Scott, Willem Meeuwisse, Luz Palacios-Derflingher, Sean P Dukelow

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Article in Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

C Elaine LittleFaculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. littlec@ucalgary.ca.
Carolyn EmeryFaculty of Kinesiology and Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Stephen H ScottDepartment of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Willem MeeuwisseFaculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Luz Palacios-DerflingherFaculty of Kinesiology, Cumming School of Medicine, and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Sean P DukelowDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
University of Calgary · CAQueen's University · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundKINARM end point robotic testing on a range of tasks evaluating sensory, motor and cognitive function in children/adolescents with no neurologic impairment has been shown to be reliable. The objective of this study was to determine whether differences in baseline performance on multiple robotic tasks could be identified between pediatric/adolescent ice hockey players (age range 10-14) with and without a history of concussion.

methodsThree hundred and eighty-five pediatric/adolescent ice hockey players (ages 10-14) completed robotic testing (94 with and 292 without a history of concussion). Five robotic tasks characterized sensorimotor and/or cognitive performance with assessment of reaching, position sense, bimanual motor function, visuospatial skills, attention and decision-making. Seventy-six performance parameters are reported across all tasks.

resultsThere were no significant differences in performance demonstrated between children with a history of concussion [median number of days since last concussion: 480 (range 8-3330)] and those without across all five tasks. Performance by the children with no history of concussion was used to identify parameter reference ranges that spanned 95 % of the group. All 76 parameter means from the concussion group fell within the normative reference ranges.

conclusionsThere are no differences in sensorimotor and/or cognitive performance across multiple parameters using KINARM end point robotic testing in children/adolescents with or without a history of concussion.

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CognitionMovementRoboticsSensationAdolescentAttentionBrain ConcussionChildDecision MakingFemaleHockeyHumansMalePost-Concussion SyndromePsychomotor PerformanceSpace PerceptionChild/adolescentCognitive assessmentConcussionIce hockeyRobotSensorimotor

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PMID27729040
PMCPMC5059996
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