ArticleJournal of athletic training2021
Vestibular/Ocular Motor Screening Assessment Outcomes After Sport-Related Concussion in High School and Collegiate Athletes.
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- Utility of the Vestibular/Ocular Motor Screening in Military Medicine: A Systematic Review.Military medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The Ability of Vestibular and Oculomotor Screenings to Predict Recovery in Patients After Concussion: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Journal of athletic training · 2024Pooled it
- Collegiate Adapted Athlete Baseline Performance on the Vestibular/Ocular Motor Screening.Journal of athletic training · 2024Article
- Cervical spine proprioception and vestibular/oculomotor function: An observational study comparing young adults with and without a concussion history.Physical therapy in sport : official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine · 2024Observational
- Determining the Agreement Between Common Measures Related to Vestibulo-ocular Reflex Function After a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Adolescents.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2022Article
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Abstract
contextVestibular and ocular motor assessment is an emerging clinical assessment for patients with sport-related concussion (SRC). The increased use of these assessments by clinicians calls for the examination of outcomes that may affect clinical practice.
objectiveTo compare vestibular and ocular motor impairments in high school and collegiate athletes within 72 hours of SRC and examine the distribution of impairments in these populations based on pre-established clinical cutoff scores.
designCross-sectional study.
settingHigh school and collegiate athletics. PATIENTS OR OTHER
participantsData were collected from 110 athletes (high school: n = 47, age = 15.40 ± 1.35 years; college: n = 63, age = 19.46 ± 1.28 years) within 72 hours of sustaining an SRC. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Total and change scores were calculated for the Vestibular/Ocular Motor Screening (VOMS) tool, along with average near point of convergence (NPC) distance. Separate Mann-Whitney U tests were used to compare group differences, and χ2 analyses were used to examine the proportion of athletes with scores greater than clinical cutoff scores for all VOMS outputs. The α level was set a priori at .05.
resultsNo differences were found between high school and collegiate athletes for VOMS total and change scores and NPC distance. A larger proportion of the sample had scores greater than the cutoff for all total scores (P < .001) and change scores in horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex (59.01%; P < .001), vertical vestibulo-ocular reflex (60.91%; P < .001), and visual motion sensitivity (60.91%; P < .001). However, a larger proportion demonstrated smooth pursuit change scores (85.45%; P < .001) and NPC distances (73.64%; P = .01) that were less than the cutoff scores.
conclusionsDuring the acute phase of SRC, high school and collegiate athletes presented with similar vestibular and ocular motor impairments as measured using the VOMS, but vestibular tasks appeared to cause greater symptom provocation. Lastly, VOMS change scores may offer more clinical utility compared with total scores in assessing specific impairments after SRC.
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