The purpose of this study is to compare different combinations of cognitive training in retired professional football players and military veterans with a history of repeated concussions and persistent symptoms of impaired memory, concentration, attention, focus, or thinking.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
60
Brain & Body Health Institute, P.A.
Lakeway, Texas, United States
RECRUITINGComposite performance score based on battery of neuropsychological tests of working memory, learning, memory, and executive function.
Composite performance score on neuropsychological battery based on four primary domains : learning, memory, working memory, and executive function.
Time frame: within one week following treatment completion
Participant reported outcomes
Measure of impact of program use on the patient's own view of their impairment and function.
Time frame: within one week following treatment completion.
Working/school status
Measure of participants' employment status, and the number of hours worked/volunteered/in-school per week.
Time frame: within one week following treatment completion.
Exercise-base assessments
Four sets of assessments that are closely modeled on study-related exercises in the auditory, visual, cognitive, and social-cognitive modules. These include auditory speed of processing, visual speed of processing, cognitive control speed of processing and face recognition, recall of unique faces, and emotional cue recognition.
Time frame: within one week following treatment completion.
Functional assessments
Timed instrumental activities of daily living (TIADL) and the Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory (MPAI-4) for sensitive directly observed performance and well-accepted clinical impression measures.
Time frame: within one week following treatment completion.
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