Year: 2015
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Baseline neurocognitive assessments are recommended to assist with concussion management in athletes, but there is no research available regarding the psychometric properties of the Immediate Post-concussion Assessment & Cognitive Testing (ImPACT), the most widely used assessment tool, in children younger than high-school age despite its assertion that it can be used as young as 11 years old. The purpose of the present study was to determine the two-week test-retest reliability of the ImPACT neurocognitive test in a healthy sample of young athletes. Participants (n=40) included healthy athletes ages 10 through 14 who were asked to complete the baseline ImPACT neurocognitive test on two occasions, two weeks apart. Overall, the ImPACT neurocognitive test has at least fair test-retest reliability with intraclass correlation coefficients for absolute agreement ranging from 0.35 to 0.74. The findings are compared to existing research, and the limitations, clinical applications and future directions for research are discussed.
Author: Amanda O’Brien
Institution: University of Windsor
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2231470679