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The effect of concussion history on cognitive-motor integration in elite hockey players

Author(s) -

Johanna Hurtubise,

Diana J. Gorbet,

Yehyah Hamandi,

Alison Macpherson,

Lauren E. Sergio

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

concussion

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.205

H-Index - 3

ISSN - 2056-3299

DOI - 10.2217/cnc-2016-0006

Subject(s) - concussion , athletes , elite , league , cognition , psychology , elite athletes , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , injury prevention , poison control , medicine , psychiatry , medical emergency , political science , physics , astronomy , politics , law

Aim: To observe the effects of concussion history on cognitive-motor integration in elite-level athletes. Methods: The study included 102 National Hockey League draft prospects (n = 51 concussion history [CH]; n = 51 no history [NC]). Participants completed two computer-based visuomotor tasks, one involved ‘standard’ visuomotor mapping and one involved ‘nonstandard’ mapping in which vision and action were decoupled. Results: We observed a significant effect of group on reaction time (CH slower) and accuracy (CH worse), but a group by condition interaction only for reaction time (p < 0.05). There were no other deficits found. We discussed these findings in comparison to our previous work with non-elite athletes. Conclusion: Previously concussed elite-level athletes may have lingering neurological deficits that are not detected using standard clinical assessments.

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