ConcussionPub Date : 2024-06-28eCollection Date: 2024-03-01DOI: 10.2217/cnc-2023-0013
Silvia Bonacina, Jennifer Krizman, Jacob Farley, Trent Nicol, Cynthia R LaBella, Nina Kraus
{"title":"Persistent post-concussion symptoms include neural auditory processing in young children.","authors":"Silvia Bonacina, Jennifer Krizman, Jacob Farley, Trent Nicol, Cynthia R LaBella, Nina Kraus","doi":"10.2217/cnc-2023-0013","DOIUrl":"10.2217/cnc-2023-0013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Difficulty understanding speech following concussion is likely caused by auditory processing impairments. We hypothesized that concussion disrupts pitch and phonetic processing of a sound, cues in understanding a talker.</p><p><strong>Patients & methods/results: </strong>We obtained frequency following responses to a syllable from 120 concussed and 120 control. Encoding of the fundamental frequency (F0), a pitch cue and the first formant (F1), a phonetic cue, was poorer in concussed children. The F0 reduction was greater in the children assessed within 2 weeks of their injuries.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Concussions affect auditory processing. Results strengthen evidence of reduced F0 encoding in children with concussion and call for longitudinal study aimed at monitoring the recovery course with respect to the auditory system.</p>","PeriodicalId":37006,"journal":{"name":"Concussion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11270634/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141761399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ConcussionPub Date : 2024-05-07DOI: 10.2217/cnc-2023-0014
Melissa Anderson, Robert C Lynall, Patrick J O'Connor, Julianne D Schmidt
{"title":"Initial investigation of kinesiophobia as a predictor of functional reaction time one year after concussion","authors":"Melissa Anderson, Robert C Lynall, Patrick J O'Connor, Julianne D Schmidt","doi":"10.2217/cnc-2023-0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2217/cnc-2023-0014","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: The relationship between post-concussion kinesiophobia and clinical and functional reaction time (RT) beyond clinical recovery remains to be elucidated. Methods: College-aged participants with (n = 20) and without (n = 20) a concussion history completed patient-reported outcomes, and RT tasks. Kinesiophobia, symptoms and RTs were compared using t-tests. Linear regressions were performed to determine if kinesiophobia predicted RT measures and dual-task cost. Results: The concussion history group reported higher scores (p < 0.01) for all patient-reported outcomes. We observed significant single-task RT differences between groups (p = 0.013) such that those without a concussion history (m = 0.51s ± 0.08) were faster (m = 0.59s ± 0.12). There were no clinical or dual-task RT differences between groups (p > 0.05). Kinesiophobia significantly predicted single-task RT (R2 = 0.22). Discussion: Kinesiophobia should be considered when measuring RT.","PeriodicalId":37006,"journal":{"name":"Concussion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141003690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ConcussionPub Date : 2024-04-24DOI: 10.2217/cnc-2023-0012
Trish Hill-Wall, Kahlia McCausland, Elizabeth Thomas, Richard Norman, Jonathan Bullen, Gill Cowen
{"title":"Awareness and understanding of concussion among Aboriginal Australians with high health literacy","authors":"Trish Hill-Wall, Kahlia McCausland, Elizabeth Thomas, Richard Norman, Jonathan Bullen, Gill Cowen","doi":"10.2217/cnc-2023-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2217/cnc-2023-0012","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: Indigenous Australians have higher rates of traumatic brain injury, with 74–90% of such injuries being concussion. This study explores concussion awareness and knowledge in Aboriginal Western Australians with high health literacy. Materials & methods: Participants, aged 18–65 years, engaged in research topic yarning, and thematic analysis of the qualitative data then undertaken. Results: There was awareness that direct head trauma can result in concussion, but a lack of differentiation between concussion and other head injuries. Knowledge was gained from sport, media or lived-experience. Symptom minimization and diversity of concussion symptoms prevented participants from seeking medical treatment. This was exacerbated by a mistrust of the medical system. Conclusion: Research findings highlight knowledge and service gaps where co-designed strategies can be targeted.","PeriodicalId":37006,"journal":{"name":"Concussion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140664757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ConcussionPub Date : 2024-01-16DOI: 10.2217/cnc-2023-0002
Lisa A Spielman, J. Maruta, J. Ghajar
{"title":"Dual statistical models link baseline visual attention measure to risk for significant symptomatic concussion in sports","authors":"Lisa A Spielman, J. Maruta, J. Ghajar","doi":"10.2217/cnc-2023-0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2217/cnc-2023-0002","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: Athletic pre-season testing can establish functional baseline for comparison following concussion. Whether impacts of future concussions may be foretold by such testing is little known. Materials & methods: Two sets of models for a significant burden of concussion were generated: a traditional approach using a series of logistic regressions, and a penalized regression approach using elastic net. Results: 3091 youth and adult athletes were baseline-assessed. 90 subsequently experienced concussion and 35 were still experiencing a significant burden of concussion when tested within two weeks. Both models associated prior history of head injury and visual attention-related metrics with a significant burden of concussion. Conclusion: Pre-season testing of visual attention may identify athletes who are at risk for significant sports-related concussion.","PeriodicalId":37006,"journal":{"name":"Concussion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139528749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ConcussionPub Date : 2023-09-13DOI: 10.2217/cnc-2023-0011
Steven H Rauchman, Dimitris G Placantonakis, Allison B Reiss
{"title":"The National Football League and traumatic brain injury: blood-based evaluation at the game","authors":"Steven H Rauchman, Dimitris G Placantonakis, Allison B Reiss","doi":"10.2217/cnc-2023-0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2217/cnc-2023-0011","url":null,"abstract":"Tweetable abstract #brain #injury in the #football #player - we need better #diagnosis and #prevention. #view our #latest #publication in the #journal Concussion @futuresciencegp on @thegame #Blood test #biomarker #innovation #safety @NFL","PeriodicalId":37006,"journal":{"name":"Concussion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135739993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ConcussionPub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.2217/cnc-2022-0012
Reidar P Lystad, Anne McMaugh, Geoffrey Herkes, Gary Browne, Tim Badgery-Parker, Cate M Cameron, Rebecca J Mitchell
{"title":"Risk of impaired school performance in children hospitalized with concussion: a population-based matched cohort study.","authors":"Reidar P Lystad, Anne McMaugh, Geoffrey Herkes, Gary Browne, Tim Badgery-Parker, Cate M Cameron, Rebecca J Mitchell","doi":"10.2217/cnc-2022-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2217/cnc-2022-0012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To examine the impact of concussion on objective measures of school performance.</p><p><strong>Materials & methods: </strong>Population-based matched cohort study using linked health and education records of young people aged ≤18 years hospitalized with concussion in New South Wales, Australia, during 2005-2018, and matched comparisons not hospitalized with any injury.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Young people with concussion had higher risk of not achieving the national minimum standards for literacy and numeracy assessments, ranging from 30% for numeracy to 43% for spelling, and not completing high school, ranging from 29% for year 10 to 77% for year 12, compared with matched peers.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Young people hospitalized with concussion have impaired school performance compared with uninjured matched peers.</p>","PeriodicalId":37006,"journal":{"name":"Concussion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10488614/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10569879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ConcussionPub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.2217/cnc-2023-0006
Kenneth J Ciuffreda, Barry Tannen, Daniella Rutner, Mh Esther Han
{"title":"Neuro-optometric treatment for visual snow syndrome: recent advances.","authors":"Kenneth J Ciuffreda, Barry Tannen, Daniella Rutner, Mh Esther Han","doi":"10.2217/cnc-2023-0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2217/cnc-2023-0006","url":null,"abstract":"“ These recent neuro-optometric, therapeutic advances are promising. However, investigations into the sensory, motor, and perceptual dysfunctions and their clinical ramifications remains in its infancy","PeriodicalId":37006,"journal":{"name":"Concussion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10498816/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10267625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ConcussionPub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.2217/cnc-2023-0001
Stephen J Heck, Amanda Acord-Vira, Diana R Davis
{"title":"Sex differences in college students' knowledge of concussion and concussion education sources.","authors":"Stephen J Heck, Amanda Acord-Vira, Diana R Davis","doi":"10.2217/cnc-2023-0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2217/cnc-2023-0001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To understand sex differences and sources of concussion education for college students. The literature for college students primarily focuses on sports concussions and general knowledge. Understanding how non-students-athletes learn is critical to developing interventions to improve concussion knowledge.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>A random sample of 208 students from four-year institutions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A 22-question online survey explored postsecondary students' current knowledge and education regarding concussions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings indicated that sex differences emerged with concussion knowledge and sources of concussion knowledge (e.g., leaflets, pamphlets, parents, and television). The top choices for where they wanted to learn about concussions were health educators, health centers, and campus peer educators.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study provides an initial evaluation and implications for future research on providing concussion education.</p>","PeriodicalId":37006,"journal":{"name":"Concussion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10488458/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10275537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ConcussionPub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.2217/cnc-2022-0014
Jalila Devji, Shazya Karmali, Kate Turcotte, Shelina Babul
{"title":"Barriers and facilitators to the uptake of the Concussion Awareness Training Tool as continuing medical education in primary care.","authors":"Jalila Devji, Shazya Karmali, Kate Turcotte, Shelina Babul","doi":"10.2217/cnc-2022-0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2217/cnc-2022-0014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Continuing medical education (CME) informs physicians on current research. The Concussion Awareness Training Tool (CATT) provides education on concussion diagnosis and treatment. The aims of this study were to explore physician CME practices and preferences, understand barriers and facilitators to implementing the CATT as CME, and provide recommendations.</p><p><strong>Materials & methods: </strong>Physicians in British Columbia, Canada participated in an online survey and telephone interview. Descriptive analysis of quantitative data, and text-based data analysis were undertaken to identify themes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Barriers included lack of time and awareness of the resource. Facilitators were its ease of use, accessibility, conciseness and comprehensiveness.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The perceptions of barriers and facilitators reported by physicians are important to understand and better promote the use of the CATT.</p>","PeriodicalId":37006,"journal":{"name":"Concussion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10242435/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9652997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ConcussionPub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.2217/cnc-2022-0006
Joey Planchet, Camden R Lynch, Pamella L Mozzer, Daniel Seichepine
{"title":"Reliability of the Balance Error Scoring System test is maintained during remote administration.","authors":"Joey Planchet, Camden R Lynch, Pamella L Mozzer, Daniel Seichepine","doi":"10.2217/cnc-2022-0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2217/cnc-2022-0006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study investigates if scores on the Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) are affected when administered remotely.</p><p><strong>Materials & methods: </strong>Participants included 26 undergraduate students, aged 19-32 (mean: 21.85 ± 2.95). Each participant received the BESS test remotely and in person, and scores on each were compared. To minimize potential practice effects, participants were randomly assigned to two equal sized groups to take the BESS remotely first or in person first.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean difference between scores for the remote and in-person assessments was 0.711 (95% CI: 0.708-2.131). There was no significant difference between scores (p = 0.312) indicating the BESS maintains reliability when administered remotely.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Administration of the BESS remotely was possible without any significant challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":37006,"journal":{"name":"Concussion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10242430/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9955046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}