<p>The purpose of this retrospective study was to observe the consequence of sports-related concussions on athletes who were evaluated initially in a prolonged time frame regarding symptom recovery, cognitive recovery, postural stability recovery, and neuropsychological recovery to athletes who were evaluated immediately. This is a descriptive, retrospective chart review of physically active athletes whom were evaluated on an outpatient basis by licensed neuropsychologist at a Physical Therapy Clinic. Data was extracted and this study showed that ?prolonged? athletes experienced more symptoms at time of injury as well as time of initial evaluation compared to ?typical-acute? athletes. Furthermore, ?prolonged? athletes performed significantly worse on the ?eyes open, firm surface? portion of a balance assessment as well the visual memory composite on ImPACT. This study concludes immediate help sought from a licensed specialist in concussions is important to prevent delayed recovery.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PROQUEST/oai:pqdtoai.proquest.com:10167520 |
| Date | 03 December 2016 |
| Creators | Ram, Ranita Devi |
| Publisher | California State University, Long Beach |
| Source Sets | ProQuest.com |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | thesis |
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