Use of the Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test in community adult patients with mild traumatic brain injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test (BCTT) is used to establish exercise tolerance for rehabilitation and identify injury subtypes for youth athletes after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Its utility in adult community members is unknown.

Objective

Primary: To describe how adults with and without mTBI tolerate the BCTT. Secondary: To explore relationships between baseline factors, mTBI-related symptoms, and BCTT duration.

Design

Prospective, observational, longitudinal.

Setting

Academic medical center.

Participants

Thirty-seven adults treated in a level 1 trauma center emergency department with mTBI;  24 uninjured controls (UC).

Interventions

N/A.

Main measures

Participants completed two visits 3 weeks apart (1 week and 1 m

SUBMITTER: DeGroot A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11323219 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature