Wayfinding and path integration deficits detected using a virtual reality mobile app in patients with traumatic brain injury.

ABSTRACT: The ability to navigate is supported by a wide network of brain areas which are particularly vulnerable to disruption brain injury, including traumatic brain injury (TBI). Wayfinding and the ability to orient back to the direction you have recently come (path integration) may likely be impacted in daily life but have so far not been tested with patients with TBI. Here, we assessed spatial navigation in thirty-eight participants, fifteen of whom had a history of TBI, and twenty-three control participants. Self-estimated spatial navigation ability was assessed using the Santa Barbara Sense of Direction (SBSOD) scale. No significant difference between TBI patients and a control group was identified. Rather, results indicated that both participant groups demonstrated 'good' self-inferred spati

SUBMITTER: Seton C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9997943 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature