Art therapy and brain injury: making the invisible visible by Denise R. Wolf, Michele D. Rattigan

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The Effect of Exercise-Induced Central Fatigue on Cervical Spine Joint Position Error, Strength, and Endurance by Antonio Vintimilla, Troy Hooper, C. Roger James, Ho Cheng Lu, Karthick Natesan, Jeegisha Kapila, Phil Sizer

“…# Background Fatigue is common in sports, impairing performance and increasing injury risk, yet little is known regarding fatigue and concussion. Impaired neck neuromuscular function may contribute to concussion at baseline, where central fatigue may further impair neck function resulting in increased concussion risk. …”
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Lower Kinetic Chain, Meet the Thinking Brain: A Scoping Review of Cognitive Function and Lower Extremity Injury Risk by Michaela A. Reyes, Mark O. Probasco, Trina N. Worby, Dylan E. Loertscher, Lyndsey K. Soderbeck, Wendy E. Huddleston

“…Half of the studies that examined concussion and post-concussion cognitive testing demonstrated significant effects…”
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Normative Data for the NeuroCom Sensory Organization Test in United States Military Academy Boxers by Nathan E Henry, Amy N Weart, Erin M Miller, Lisa D Feltner, Donald L Goss

“…Baseline tests are necessary for comparison post-concussion. # Purpose The primary purpose of this study was to establish baseline SOT measures for the population that will be useful in the concussion assessment, diagnosis, and return to duty decisions following a concussion. …”
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Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) and chronic cognitive impairment: A scoping review. by Kerry McInnes, Christopher L Friesen, Diane E MacKenzie, David A Westwood, Shaun G Boe

“…Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, is the most common type of traumatic brain injury. …”
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Determining Near Point of Convergence: Exploring a Component of the Vestibular/Ocular Motor Screen Comparing Varied Target Sizes by John D Heick, Curt Bay

“…The current study supports previous findings that the type of target used to measure NPC should be standardized for concussion assessment. # Clinical Relevance Screening of NPC should be standardized for concussion assessment to improve the reliability of NPC testing.…”
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Injuries in Quidditch: A Prospective Study from a Complete UK Season by Rachel Pennington, Ashley Cooper, Alastair C Faulkner, Alasdair MacInnes, Thomas S W Greensmith, Alistair I W Mayne, Peter S E Davies

“…The combined rate of concussion was 7.3 per 1000 hours or 2.8 per 1000 AEs. …”
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Individual Baseline Balance Assessments in a Large Sample of Incoming NCAA Division I Athletes Using a Force Plate System by Scott A. Weismiller, Robert Monaco, Jason Womack, Brandon Alderman, Carrie Esopenko, Fiona N. Conway, Kyle Brostrand, Allison Brown, Nicola L. de Souza, Jennifer F. Buckman

“… # METHODS Baseline balance and self-reported sex, sport, and concussion history were assessed in 533 prospective collegiate athletes (45% female) during pre-participation physical examinations. …”
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Dual-Task Gait Performance Following Head Impact Exposure in Male and Female Collegiate Rugby Players by Emily E Kieffer, Per Gunnar Brolinson, Steven Rowson

“…# Background Gait impairments have been well-studied in concussed athletes. However, the sex-specific effect of cumulative head impacts on gait is not well understood. …”
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Association of player position and functional connectivity alterations in collegiate American football players: an fMRI study by Owen Griffith, Xiaoxiao Bai, Alexa E. Walter, Michael Gay, Jon Kelly, Wayne Sebastianelli, Linda Papa, Semyon Slobounov

“…The 10 DMN ROIs showed no alterations from pre-season to post-season. By concussion history, the right temporal ROI demonstrated a significant effect on baseline functional connectivity (p = 0.03). …”
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Comparison of Concurrent and Same-Day Balance Measurement Approaches in a Large Sample of Uninjured Collegiate Athletes by Jessica Saalfield, Kelsey L. Piersol, Robert Monaco, Jason Womack, Scott A Weismiller, Carrie Esopenko, Sabrina M Todaro, Fiona N Conway, Kyle Brostrand, Jennifer F. Buckman

“…# Background Measures of postural stability are useful in assisting the diagnosing and managing of athlete concussion. Error counting using the Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) is the clinical standard, but has notable limitations. …”
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Objective Neurophysiological Measures of Cognitive Performance in Elite Ice Hockey Players by Kirby ED, Jones K, Campbell N, Fickling SD, D'Arcy RCN

“…While brain vital signs were collected to help manage concussion, the current investigation focused on a retrospective performance analysis of cognitive processing differences.Results: The results revealed three interesting findings: 1) Player position differences were detectable in sensory N100 latency, with significantly faster responses for forwards compared to defense; 2) Goalies showed significantly higher attention P300 amplitude compared to all other positions; and 3) Cognitive N400 processing differences were detectable only during competitive combine testing, showing 60ms latency differences between forwards and defense on average.Discussion: The current findings suggest that neurophysiological responses, which are also sensitive to concussion, may be used to identify sensory, attentional, and cognitive processing differences to help optimize peak performance.Keywords: electroencephalography, event-related potentials, brain vital signs, performance optimization, ice hockey…”
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The Evidence for Brain Injury in Whiplash Injuries by Michael P. Alexander

“…If there is brain injury is some patients with whiplash, it, by definition, falls at the mildest end of the concussion spectrum. The relationship between these two injuries is examined.…”
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Exploring the Effects of a Neck Strengthening Program on Purposeful Soccer Heading Biomechanics and Neurocognition by Katelyn M. Waring, Edward R Smith, Gary P Austin, Thomas G Bowman

“…The link between cervical neck strengthening and concussion predisposition should continue to be explored…”
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A Review of Instrumented Equipment to Investigate Head Impacts in Sport by Declan A. Patton

“…Instrumented equipment is not without limitations; however, in vivo head impact data is crucial to investigate head injury mechanisms and further the understanding of concussion.…”
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RESEARCH ON SPEED AND PRESSURE CONTROL STRATEGY OF STABLE SWITCH ABOUT FOREPOLING EQUIPMENT by LUAN LiJun, ZHAO HuiMeng, XIE Miao, LIU ZhiXiang

“…Taking into account the operational principle of forepoling equipment,and as the target to improving support efficiency and reducing the disturbance on the roof in the process of supporting,a kind of speed and pressure composition control method was presented.The control method adopts the constant pump driven directly by servo motor to replace the traditional electro-hydraulic proportional valve,and the variable structure algorithm based on the fuzzy sliding mode was used as control strategy.Theoretical analysis and experimental results show that,compared with the traditional speed and pressure control method,the control method presented in the paper can reduce concussion on the roof in the process of switching from speed control to pressure control,and can improve support efficiency.Research findings can provide a theoretical basis for the development and control strategy of forepoling equipment.…”
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Peripheral Cytokines as a Chemical Mediator for Postconcussion Like Sickness Behaviour in Trauma and Perioperative Patients: Literature Review by Yasir Rehman, Nadia Rehman, Riaz Rehman

“…Besides brain injury and systemic infection, cognitive and concussion like sickness behaviour is associated with muscular trauma and perioperative patients, which represents a major obstacle to daily activities and rehabilitation. …”
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Incidence of oral complications during endotracheal intubation in general anesthesia among hospitalized children by Mohammed N. Al-Shiekh, Mohamed Altinawi, Mawia Karkoutly

“…Maxillary incisors were the most affected teeth. Concussion and tongue injury were the common types of hard and soft tissue injury, respectively. …”
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The Predicament of Ethnic Federal System by Yohannes Getahun

“…In that regard, the paper finds seven factors: the democratic representativeness of federal structures, political parties, inclusive and overarching identities crossing ethnic lines, ethnic demographic shares, number of ethnic federal units and their ethnic composition, ethnic federal unit symmetry and geo-political setting. The concussion goes that ethnic federal design is not always an antidote for ethnic based claims and counter-claims. …”
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Is There an Association Between Injury History and Lower Extremity Joint Injury During Canada Games Competition? by Umar Yousufy, Nicole J. Chimera

“…Injury history was self-reported and included concussion, major surgical procedure, neck and back, trauma to joint or bone, and trauma to ligament or tendon. …”
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