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Remote concussion history does not affect visually-guided reaching in young adult females. Concussion 2019 Dec 05;4(3):CNC64

Date

12/13/2019

Pubmed ID

31827882

Pubmed Central ID

PMC6902312

DOI

10.2217/cnc-2019-0007

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85076351564 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   4 Citations

Abstract

AIM: We examined the long-term effects of concussions in young adult females on visuomotor behavior during a visually-guided reaching task of various complexities.

MATERIALS & METHODS: 20 females with a history of longer than 6 months since a concussion and 20 healthy females quickly and accurately performed a delayed reach to a previously cued target.

RESULTS: As both cognitive and motor load increased, task performance decreased for both groups (p < 0.05). However, contrary to our primary hypothesis, no differences in task performance were found between the two experimental groups (p > 0.05).

CONCLUSION: The young adult females with a remote history of concussion demonstrated no deficits in visuomotor behavior on an attention-mediated reaching task as compared with control participants.

Author List

Fueger C, Sergio LE, Heuer S, Petrovska L, Huddleston WE

Author

Sabine Heuer PhD Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders department at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee