Do children and adolescent ice hockey players with and without a history of concussion differ in robotic testing of sensory, motor and cognitive function?

KINARM end point robotic testing on a range of tasks evaluating sensory, motor and cognitive function in children/adolescents with no neurologic impairment has been shown to be reliable. The objective of this study was to determine whether differences in baseline performance on multiple robotic task...

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Published in:Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation 2016-10, Vol.13 (1), p.89-89, Article 89
Main Authors: Little, C Elaine, Emery, Carolyn, Scott, Stephen H, Meeuwisse, Willem, Palacios-Derflingher, Luz, Dukelow, Sean P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adults
Attention
Brain
Brain Concussion - psychology
Brain research
Child
Children & youth
Cognition
Concussion
Consent
Data analysis
Decision Making
Ethics
Female
Funding
Head injuries
Hockey - injuries
Hockey players
Humans
Ice hockey
Injuries
Male
Medical research
Movement
Multivariate analysis
Physiological aspects
Post-Concussion Syndrome - psychology
Psychomotor Performance
Researchers
Robotics
Robots
Sensation
Space Perception
Statistical analysis
Studies
Teenagers
Trail Making Test
Traumatic brain injury
Variance analysis
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Summary:KINARM end point robotic testing on a range of tasks evaluating sensory, motor and cognitive function in children/adolescents with no neurologic impairment has been shown to be reliable. The objective of this study was to determine whether differences in baseline performance on multiple robotic tasks could be identified between pediatric/adolescent ice hockey players (age range 10-14) with and without a history of concussion. Three hundred and eighty-five pediatric/adolescent ice hockey players (ages 10-14) completed robotic testing (94 with and 292 without a history of concussion). Five robotic tasks characterized sensorimotor and/or cognitive performance with assessment of reaching, position sense, bimanual motor function, visuospatial skills, attention and decision-making. Seventy-six performance parameters are reported across all tasks. There were no significant differences in performance demonstrated between children with a history of concussion [median number of days since last concussion: 480 (range 8-3330)] and those without across all five tasks. Performance by the children with no history of concussion was used to identify parameter reference ranges that spanned 95 % of the group. All 76 parameter means from the concussion group fell within the normative reference ranges. There are no differences in sensorimotor and/or cognitive performance across multiple parameters using KINARM end point robotic testing in children/adolescents with or without a history of concussion.
ISSN:1743-0003
1743-0003
DOI:10.1186/s12984-016-0195-9