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ArticleJournal of applied biomechanics2021

Reliability and Minimal Detectable Change for a Smartphone-Based Motor-Cognitive Assessment: Implications for Concussion Management.

David R Howell, Corrine N Seehusen, Mathew J Wingerson, Julie C Wilson, Robert C Lynall, Vipul Lugade

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Article in Journal of applied biomechanics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Minimal Detectable Change for the ImPACT Subtests at Baseline.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

David R HowellChildren's Hospital Colorado.ORCID 0000-0002-2955-0191
Corrine N SeehusenChildren's Hospital Colorado.
Mathew J WingersonChildren's Hospital Colorado.
Julie C WilsonChildren's Hospital Colorado.
Robert C LynallUniversity of Georgia.
Vipul LugadeControl One LLC.

Funding

Sex Differences in Brain Structure and Function After Sports-Related ConcussionR01NS100952 · NINDS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI KOERTE, INGA KATHARINA · 2017 to 2022
$2.9M
Improving quantitative recovery outcomes from concussion with aerobic exercise trainingR03HD094560 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI HOWELL, DAVID R. · 2018 to 2019
$318k
A novel smartphone-based tool to quantify dual-task gait performance for concussion assessmentR43NS108823 · NINDS · CONTROL ONE, LLC · PI LUGADE, VIPUL · 2019 to 2019
$150k
NICHD NIH HHS R03 HD094560NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS100952NINDS NIH HHS R43 NS108823
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our purpose was to investigate the reliability and minimal detectable change characteristics of a smartphone-based assessment of single- and dual-task gait and cognitive performance. Uninjured adolescent athletes (n = 17; mean age = 16.6, SD = 1.3 y; 47% female) completed assessments initially and again 4 weeks later. The authors collected data via an automated smartphone-based application while participants completed a series of tasks under (1) single-task cognitive, (2) single-task gait, and (3) dual-task cognitive-gait conditions. The cognitive task was a series of continuous auditory Stroop cues. Average gait speed was consistent between testing sessions in single-task (0.98, SD = 0.21 vs 0.96, SD = 0.19 m/s; P = .60; r = .89) and dual-task (0.92, SD = 0.22 vs 0.89, SD = 0.22 m/s; P = .37; r = .88) conditions. Response accuracy was moderately consistent between assessments in single-task standing (82.3% accurate, SD = 17.9% vs 84.6% accurate, SD = 20.1%; P = .64; r = .52) and dual-task gait (89.4% accurate, SD = 15.9% vs 85.8% accurate, SD = 20.2%; P = .23; r = .81) conditions. Our results indicate automated motor-cognitive dual-task outcomes obtained within a smartphone-based assessment are consistent across a 1-month period. Further research is required to understand how this assessment performs in the setting of sport-related concussion. Given the relative reliability of values obtained, a smartphone-based evaluation may be considered for use to evaluate changes across time among adolescents, postconcussion.

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Brain ConcussionSmartphoneAdolescentCognitionFemaleGaitHumansMaleReproducibility of ResultsWalking Speedaccelerometeradolescentdual-tasklocomotionmild traumatic brain injurymobile assessment

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PMID34257159
PMCPMC8629831

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