Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a health issue impacting athletes and no clinical treatment protocol, other than rest, is yet established. The efficacy of a treatment protocol relies on objective, physiological measures of brain function and ultimately a quantification of injury severity. The present study aims to assess neurophysiological markers of auditory and visual measures of brain function using the NeuroCatch Platform and eye-tracking technology, respectively. The current gold standard of TBI evaluation, including cognitive and balance assessments, will also be captured.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
52
The NCP plays a proprietary 6-minute auditory stimulus sequence of tones and words that elicit involuntary evoked responses in the brain. Tone stimuli elicit N100 and P300 responses, and spoken word pairs elicit N400 responses. The NCP proprietary software identifies the latency and amplitude (timing and size) of three selected ERPs. Latency and amplitude values are reported as empirical (measured) values.
The Carrick Institute
Cape Cañaveral, Florida, United States
ERP response size
amplitude in microvolts
Time frame: 1 week
ERP response timing
latency in milliseconds
Time frame: 1 week
Eye-tracking: target accuracy
distance in millimeters for each eye
Time frame: 1 week
Eye-tracking: speed
degrees per second
Time frame: 1 week
Cognitive tests
Cognitive assessments will be captured using Cambridge Brain Sciences battery of neuropsychological tests (composite score) and Highmark Interactive's EQ app
Time frame: 1 year
Balance
Balance measured in seconds as captured by Highmark Interactive's EQ app
Time frame: 1 week
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