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Pre- and post-season visio-vestibular function in healthy adolescent athletes.
- Source :
- Physician & Sportsmedicine; Dec2022, Vol. 50 Issue 6, p522-530, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- To evaluate pre – to post-season differences in individual subtests of the Visio-Vestibular Examination (VVE) in healthy middle and high school athletes. This prospective cohort study recruited participants from a private suburban United States secondary school. Participants completed a demographic questionnaire prior to the start of their season. A proxy for head impact exposure was estimated by incorporating previously published head impact frequencies by team and sport. The VVE was completed pre – and post-season and consisted of 9 subtests: smooth pursuit, horizontal/vertical saccades and gaze stability, binocular convergence, left/right monocular accommodation, and complex tandem gait. Generalized estimating equations were employed to assess the relative risk of an abnormal VVE outcome based on testing session (pre – vs. post-season). Participants included middle and high school athletes (n = 115; female = 59 (51.3%); median age at first assessment = 14.9 years, [IQR = 13.6, 16.0]) during 2017/18 – 2019/20 school years. During pre-season testing, accommodation (10.0%) and complex tandem gait (9.2%) had the largest proportion of abnormal outcomes, while smooth pursuits (10.6%) and convergence (9.5%) had the largest proportion of abnormal outcomes post-season. When assessing the effect of testing session on the relative risk of any abnormal VVE subtest, there were no significant findings (P ≥ 0.25). Additionally, there were no significant effects of testing session when adjusting for estimated head impact exposure for any VVE subtest (P ≥ 0.25). Visio-vestibular function as measured by the VVE does not change from pre – to post-season in otherwise healthy adolescent athletes. Our findings suggest that the VVE may be stable and robust to typical neurodevelopment occurring in this dynamic age group and help inform post-injury interpretation of visio-vestibular impairments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00913847
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Physician & Sportsmedicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160424110
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00913847.2021.1980744