Prospective Changes in Vestibular and Ocular Motor Impairment After Concussion.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

The utility of prospective changes on the Vestibular/Ocular Motor Screening (VOMS) assessment are unknown, and 2 methods of scoring are published in the literature. Total scores are the total symptom scores for each VOMS component, and change scores are the difference between the pretest total symptom score and component total symptom scores. This study documented prospective changes in vestibular and ocular motor impairments and symptoms in high school athletes with concussion using the total and change scoring methods and compared the percentage of scores over clinical cutoffs using the total and change scoring methods for the VOMS.

Methods

Sixty-three athletes (15.53 ± 1.06 years) completed the VOMS at baseline (ie, preinjury), 1 to 7 days, and 8 to

SUBMITTER: Elbin RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6005756 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature