Sensitivity of the Cogstate Test Battery for Detecting Prolonged Cognitive Alterations Stemming From Sport-Related Concussions

Conclusions: These results suggest that using the raw scores over clinical variables increases the sensitivity of the test battery. Moreover, these results add another piece of evidence suggesting that concussive injuries are associated with subtle long-term alterations in aspects of higher cognition. Importantly, these deficits would have gone unobserved if we had relied solely on automated clinical variables. The current results further our scientific understanding of concussion and may be used to advance clinical practices.
Source: Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine - Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Original Research Source Type: research