TY - JOUR
T1 - Relation Between Cognitive Assessment and Clinical Physical Performance Measures After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
AU - Antonellis, Prokopios
AU - Weightman, Margaret M.
AU - Fino, Peter C.
AU - Chen, Siting
AU - Lester, Mark E.
AU - Hoppes, Carrie W.
AU - Dibble, Leland E.
AU - King, Laurie A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Objectives: To investigate the relation between cognitive and motor performance in individuals with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and examine differences in both cognitive and motor performance between adults after mTBI and healthy controls. Design: Multi-center, cross-sectional study. Setting: Three institutional sites (Courage Kenny Research Center, Minneapolis, MN, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT). Participants: Data were collected from 110 participants (N=110), including those with mTBI and healthy controls, who completed cognitive and physical performance assessments. Interventions: Not applicable. Outcome Measures: Cognitive assessments involved the Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics to evaluate domains of attention, memory, reaction time, processing speed, and executive function. Physical performance was evaluated through clinical performance assessments, such as the 1-min walk test, the modified Illinois Agility Test, the Functional Gait Assessment Tool, the High-Level Mobility Assessment Tool, a complex turning course, and a 4-Item Hybrid Assessment of Mobility for mTBI. Participants also completed additional trials of the 1-min walk test, modified Illinois Agility Test, and complex turning course with a simultaneous cognitive task. Results: Individuals with mTBI performed worse on cognitive assessments, as well as several of the physical performance assessments compared with healthy controls. Complex tasks were more strongly related to cognitive assessments compared with simple walking tasks. Conclusions: Combining complex motor tasks with cognitive demands may better demonstrate functional performance in individuals recovering from mTBI. By understanding the relation between cognitive and physical performance in individuals recovering from mTBI, clinicians may be able to improve clinical care and assist in return to activity decision-making.
AB - Objectives: To investigate the relation between cognitive and motor performance in individuals with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and examine differences in both cognitive and motor performance between adults after mTBI and healthy controls. Design: Multi-center, cross-sectional study. Setting: Three institutional sites (Courage Kenny Research Center, Minneapolis, MN, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT). Participants: Data were collected from 110 participants (N=110), including those with mTBI and healthy controls, who completed cognitive and physical performance assessments. Interventions: Not applicable. Outcome Measures: Cognitive assessments involved the Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics to evaluate domains of attention, memory, reaction time, processing speed, and executive function. Physical performance was evaluated through clinical performance assessments, such as the 1-min walk test, the modified Illinois Agility Test, the Functional Gait Assessment Tool, the High-Level Mobility Assessment Tool, a complex turning course, and a 4-Item Hybrid Assessment of Mobility for mTBI. Participants also completed additional trials of the 1-min walk test, modified Illinois Agility Test, and complex turning course with a simultaneous cognitive task. Results: Individuals with mTBI performed worse on cognitive assessments, as well as several of the physical performance assessments compared with healthy controls. Complex tasks were more strongly related to cognitive assessments compared with simple walking tasks. Conclusions: Combining complex motor tasks with cognitive demands may better demonstrate functional performance in individuals recovering from mTBI. By understanding the relation between cognitive and physical performance in individuals recovering from mTBI, clinicians may be able to improve clinical care and assist in return to activity decision-making.
KW - Cognition
KW - Dual task
KW - Gait
KW - Mild traumatic brain injury
KW - Physical performance
KW - Rehabilitation
KW - Single task
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apmr.2023.10.013
DO - 10.1016/j.apmr.2023.10.013
M3 - Article
C2 - 37931890
AN - SCOPUS:85178604991
SN - 0003-9993
JO - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
JF - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
ER -