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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Moran, Ryan
• Broglio, Steven
• Sosnoff, Jacob

Titel

12.15 Quantifying baseline performance of university para-sport athletes on a concussion assessment battery

Ist Teil von

• British journal of sports medicine, 2024-01, Vol.58 (Suppl 1), p.A69-A69

Ort / Verlag

London: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Quelle

BMJ Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• ObjectiveTo examine baseline symptom reporting, neurocognition, and modified wheelchair balance scoring system performance in university para-sport athletes and compare to normative values of university athletes. We hypothesized that para-sport athletes would have worse scores than normative values on symptoms and neurocognition.DesignCross-sectional.SettingUniversity research laboratory.Participants21 university para-sport athletes living with spinal cord injury (SCI), consisting of 11 males and 10 females. Athletes not confined to a wheelchair for sport due to a lack of SCI were excluded.InterventionsParticipants completed a baseline concussion assessment battery consisting of a symptom checklist, neurocognitive function, and a modified wheelchair balance scoring system prior to the start of their respective season.Outcome MeasuresSport Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT) total symptoms and severity scores, Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT) neurocognitive composite scores (verbal and visual memory, visual motor speed, and reaction time), and wheelchair balance error scores (conditions = seated firm surface, seated foam surface, wheelie-task).Main ResultsPara-sport athletes reported 5.38±4.5 total symptoms and 8.57±7.4 severity scores at baseline. Compared to normative values, 76% of para-sport athletes reported greater total symptoms and severity scores. On ImPACT, 95% performed at or below average on at least one neurocognitive composite score. Balance performance consisted of 2.36±2.3 errors for the sample, with 86% committing ≥1 error.ConclusionsOur findings identified para-sport athletes to perform worse on a baseline concussion battery compared to normative values, which provide context for further investigation into para-sports and SCI disability on concussion assessment.