Test-Retest Reliability in DETECT

Emory University44 enrolled

Overview

Healthy volunteers without concussion, currently participating in non-or-limited contact sports teams at Emory University will undergo Display Enhanced Testing for Concussion and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) (DETECT) on three separate days: at baseline, day 50, and day 90. Prior to enrollment participants will be allocated to the test-retest arm or the exercise arm.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Reliability Properties of a Concussion Screening Tool

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 16 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * age \> or = 16 * eligible for active participation during the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) season or member of the 2011 - 2012 or 2012-2013 club team * Participation in a non or minimal contact sport Exclusion Criteria: * \< age 16 * history of concussion in the previous 6 months * any of the following: learning disabilities, attention deficient disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression or other psychiatric disorder, sleep apnea, seizure disorder, migraine headaches, previous central nervous system (CNS) surgery * chronic drug or alcohol use; or drug or alcohol use with the previous 24 hours * inability to complete the study protocol (90 days)

Locations (1)

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Primary Objective is to assess the reliability of the DETECT cognitive assessment tool, as measured by changes in DETECT scores from baseline in non-injured athletes.

Subjects will complete the DETECT cognitive assessment tool at Baseline, 50 days, and 90 days.

Time frame: 90 days

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