Eye movement performance and clinical outcomes among female athletes post-concussion.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most post-concussion eye movement (EM) research involves predominantly male samples. We evaluated pro- (PRO; reflexive shift of visual attention to target) and anti- (ANTI; executive control of visual attention away from target) computer-based saccade task performance among female, collegiate athletes with recent concussion (CON) versus healthy-control athletes (HC). We evaluated the relationship between EM performance and post-concussion outcomes. We hypothesized ANTI performance would differ among CON and HC due to greater executive control demands, and that EM performance (both tasks) would be associated with clinical outcomes in CON.

Methods

16 CON (assessed 4-10 days post-injury [M = 6.87, SD = 2.15 days]) and 16 age-

SUBMITTER: Gallagher V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7686061 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature