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ArticleJournal of athletic training2020

Balance Markers and Saccadic Eye-Movement Measures in Adolescents With Postconcussion Syndrome.

Coralie Rochefort, Elizabeth Legace, Chadwick Boulay, Gail Macartney, Kristian Goulet, Roger Zemek, Heidi Sveistrup

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Article in Journal of athletic training, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Coralie RochefortSchool of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Elizabeth LegaceSchool of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Chadwick BoulayThe Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, ON, Canada.
Gail MacartneyResearch Institute, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada.
Kristian GouletConcussion Clinic, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada.
Roger ZemekResearch Institute, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada.
Heidi SveistrupSchool of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario · CAUniversity of Ottawa · CABruyère · CAOttawa Hospital Research Institute

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextDeficits in both balance and oculomotor function, including impairments in saccadic eye movements, are observed in approximately 30% of patients postconcussion. Whereas balance and saccadic eye movements are routinely assessed separately, growing evidence suggests that they should be assessed concurrently.

objectiveTo compare balance measures and saccades between adolescents 1 to 3 months postconcussion and healthy uninjured adolescents.

designCase-control study.

settingConcussion clinic and 2 private schools. PATIENTS OR OTHER

participantsTwenty-five adolescents (10 boys, 15 girls; median [interquartile range (IQR)] age = 14 years [11.5-16 years]) between 1 and 3 months postconcussion (median [IQR] time since injury = 39.5 days [30-56.75 days]) and 33 uninjured adolescents (18 boys, 15 girls; median [IQR] age = 13 years [11.5-14 years]). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): The center-of-pressure 95% ellipse area and medial-lateral and anterior-posterior velocity and the number of saccades in the dual-task balance conditions including a high cognitive load (cognitive condition), a low cognitive load and a gaze-shifting component (visual condition) or both a high cognitive load and a gaze-shifting component (combined condition).

resultsConcussion-group participants swayed over larger center-of-pressure ellipse areas in the visual (

conclusionsPerforming dual-task balance conditions for which the secondary task involved a gaze-shifting component or both a gaze-shifting component and a high cognitive load resulted in greater sway amplitude in adolescents with concussion. However, these larger amounts of postural sway were not associated with increased saccadic eye movements.

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Postural BalanceSaccadesAdolescentCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansMalePost-Concussion SyndromeTask Performance and Analysiscenter of pressuredual taskeye trackingStroop Color and Word Test

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PMID32216658
PMCPMC7249291
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