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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Brain Concussion"”.
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Does cognitive control affect successful "sandbagging" of concussion symptoms?
The value of concussion baseline assessments is dependent upon athletes giving their best effort. If an athlete fakes poor performance or “sandbags”, a future injury may go undetected. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine if the SportGait concussion baseline assessment detects …
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Elucidating the Impact of Previous Head Injury on Cognition, Brain Structure, and Pathophysiology in Cognitively Normal Individuals Across the Adult Lifespan
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, is a common experience and awareness of mTBI has been increasing. There has been growing concern regarding potential long-term effects of concussion on cognition and risk for neurodegenerative disorders. This concern is heightened for athletic …
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Do Concussion History and Gender Influence Neurocognitive Testing Performance
… To date, the literature regarding sport concussion (SC) has concentrated primarily on male athletes. Generally, as research on female athletics has increased, there is an overall agreement that female athletes show more impairment post-injury than males. However, more data are needed to …
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The knowledge and attitude concerning sport-related concussion among Icelandic soccer coaches
… knowledge and attitude concerning sport-related concussion among Icelandic soccer coaches, with the intent that any weaknesses can be addressed in coaching education in the future. The current study tested three hypotheses. The first and second hypothesis suggests that coaches with higher …
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A Comparison of Post-Injury Symptomatology and Recovery Following Concussion Versus Orthopedic Injury
OBJECTIVE: Concussion research has utilized orthopedic injury (OI) comparison groups to examine outcomes specific to concussion versus physical injury in general, due to the suggestion that preexisting, comorbid, and other injury-related factors influence post-concussion symptom reporting and …
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Outcomes Following Sports-Related Concussion in School-Aged Children and Adolescents: The Influence of Psychological Factors
… popular topic of investigation in sports-related concussion, biopsychosocial sequelae have received considerably less attention. We reviewed the literature on emotional and psychosocial functioning in school-aged children and adolescents following concussion. MEDLINE and PsycINFO database queries …
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Knowledge and attitudes towards sport related concussions among university students in Iceland
… var notast við aðlagaðan og þýddan Rosenbaum Concussion Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Student Version (RoCKAS-ST). 252 háskólanemar tóku þátt í þessari rannsókn. Niðurstöður benda til þess að fræðsla um heilahristing stuðli að betri þekkingu á heilahristing í íþróttum. Lykilorð: …
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The Effects of Youth Football on the Developing Brain: A Multi-Modal Neuroimaging Study
… season without sustaining a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). There is a growing concern regarding the association between later-life neurodegenerative disease development and earlier life head injury. This association is linked to the combination of recurrent mTBI and repetitive …
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The effects of multiple head micro-trauma on cognitive function in high school football and soccer athletes
… function. This study used a standardized concussion assessment (SAC) test to examine the effects that participation in high school football and high school soccer has on athletes’ neurocognitive functions throughout a season.</p> <p>Forty-six male high school athletes participated in this …
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Overlapping of mental health symptoms and post-concussion symptoms among Icelandic female athletes
… on the relationship between sports-related concussion (SRC) and mental health symptoms have in the past been mainly focusing on male athletes. Non-specific post-concussion symptoms (PCS) can also be found in a healthy population. It is therefore important to analyze PCS that are overlapping …
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Predictors of Persistent Neurobehavioral Symptoms in Adolescents with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Using a Novel Clinical Tool
Persistent post-concussion symptoms in adolescents are non-specific and poorly understood. A small percentage of adolescents (roughly 20%) will experience persistent symptoms following mTBI that can be disruptive in many areas of daily functioning. Including measures in assessment that are specific …