ArticleClinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine2021
Single-Task and Dual-Task Tandem Gait Performance Across Clinical Concussion Milestones in Collegiate Student-Athletes.
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- Altered neural recruitment during single and dual tasks in athletes with repeat concussion.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
- Evaluating Dual Task Neurological Costs with Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: A Preliminary Report in Healthy Athletes.Journal of integrative neuroscience · 2023Article
- Assessment of balance in people with mild traumatic brain injury using a balance systems model approach.Gait & posture · 2023Article
- Cognition Uniquely Influences Dual-Task Tandem Gait Performance Among Athletes With a Concussion History.Sports healthArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the length of time after concussion that impaired tandem gait performance is observed.
designClinical measurement, prospective longitudinal.
settingNCAA collegiate athletic facility.
participantsEighty-eight concussed NCAA Division I student-athletes and 30 healthy controls. INDEPENDENT VARIABLES: Group (concussion/control) and time (Baseline, Acute, Asymptomatic, and RTP).
main outcome measuresParticipants completed 4 single-task and dual-task tandem gait trials. The concussion group completed tests at the following time points: preseason (Baseline), within 48 hours after concussion (Acute), on the day symptoms were no longer reported (Asymptomatic), and when cleared to return to sports (RTP). Controls completed the same protocol at similar intervals. The dual-task trials involved minimental style cognitive questions answered simultaneously during tandem gait. We analyzed the best time of the 4 trials, comparing groups with a linear mixed model.
resultsAcutely after concussion, the concussion group performed single-task tandem gait slower (worse) than controls (concussion: 11.36 ± 2.43 seconds, controls: 9.07 ± 1.78 seconds, P < 0.001). The concussion group remained significantly slower than controls (9.95 ± 2.21 vs 8.89 ± 1.65 seconds, P = 0.03) at Asymptomatic day but not RTP. There were significant group (P < 0.001) and time (P < 0.001) effects for dual-task tandem gait. The groups were not significantly different at baseline for single-task (P = 0.95) or dual-task (P = 0.22) tandem gait.
conclusionsOur results indicate that tandem gait performance is significantly impaired acutely after concussion, compared with both preseason measures and controls. Postural control impairments were not present when the student-athletes were cleared for RTP. This information can assist clinicians when assessing postural control and determining recovery after a concussive injury.
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