Executive function and relation to static balance metrics in chronic mild TBI: A LIMBIC-CENC secondary analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Among patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), postural instability often persists chronically with negative consequences such as higher fall risk. One explanation may be reduced executive function (EF) required to effectively process, interpret and combine, sensory information. In other populations, a decline in higher cognitive functions are associated with a decline in walking and balance skills. Considering the link between EF decline and reduction in functional capacity, we investigated whether specific tests of executive function could predict balance function in a cohort of individuals with a history of chronic mild TBI (mTBI) and compared to individuals with a negative history of mTBI.

Methods

Secondary analysis was performed on the local LIMBIC-CENC

SUBMITTER: van der Veen SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9874327 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature