TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and pilot testing of the dual task screen in healthy adolescents
AU - Stephens, Jaclyn
AU - Nicholson, Rachel
AU - Slomine, Beth
AU - Suskauer, Stacy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - Athletes with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) should refrain from high-risk activities until recovered (symptom free and cognitive and physical exam findings normalize). Studies have suggested that this examination may not be sufficiently sensitive because dual-task paradigms, which typically assess motor performance while a person simultaneously completes a distractor task, can detect residual deficits in athletes who otherwise appear recovered from mTBI. Paradigms used to date are time-intensive procedures conducted in laboratory settings. Here, we report findings from a pilot study of the Dual Task Screen (DTS), which is a brief evaluation with two dual-task paradigms. In 32 healthy female adolescents, the DTS was administered in a mean of 5.63 min in the community, and every participant had poorer dual-condition performance on at least one of the motor tasks. The DTS is a clinically feasible measure and merits additional study regarding utility in adolescents with mTBIs.
AB - Athletes with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) should refrain from high-risk activities until recovered (symptom free and cognitive and physical exam findings normalize). Studies have suggested that this examination may not be sufficiently sensitive because dual-task paradigms, which typically assess motor performance while a person simultaneously completes a distractor task, can detect residual deficits in athletes who otherwise appear recovered from mTBI. Paradigms used to date are time-intensive procedures conducted in laboratory settings. Here, we report findings from a pilot study of the Dual Task Screen (DTS), which is a brief evaluation with two dual-task paradigms. In 32 healthy female adolescents, the DTS was administered in a mean of 5.63 min in the community, and every participant had poorer dual-condition performance on at least one of the motor tasks. The DTS is a clinically feasible measure and merits additional study regarding utility in adolescents with mTBIs.
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U2 - 10.5014/ajot.2018.025361
DO - 10.5014/ajot.2018.025361
M3 - Article
C2 - 29689184
AN - SCOPUS:85049560370
SN - 0272-9490
VL - 72
JO - American Journal of Occupational Therapy
JF - American Journal of Occupational Therapy
IS - 3
M1 - 7203345020
ER -