Classification of Comprehensive Neuro-Ophthalmologic Measures of Postacute Concussion.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Symptom-based methods of concussion diagnosis in contact sports result in underdiagnosis and repeated head injury exposure, increasing the risk of long-term disability. Measures of neuro-ophthalmologic (NO) function have the potential to serve as objective aids, but their diagnostic utility is unknown.

Objective

To identify NO measures that accurately differentiate athletes with and without concussion.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study was conducted among athletes with and without concussion who were aged 17 to 22 years between 2016 and 2017. Eye movements and cognitive function were measured a median of 19 days after injury among patients who had an injury meeting the study definition of concussion while playing a sport (retrospectively s

SUBMITTER: Feller CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7930925 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature