Balance and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

The purpose of this pilot project is to determine whether using one inertial sensor on the waist during routine clinical balance testing (i.e. Balance Error Scoring System (BESS)), will be a more immediate, objective, reliable and sensitive way to measure and quantify balance deficits in individuals with mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI).

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Key information

Conditions

Brain Concussion Brain Diseases Brain Injuries Brain Injuries, Traumatic Central Nervous System Diseases Craniocerebral Trauma Head Injuries, Closed Nervous System Diseases Trauma, Nervous System Traumatic Brain Injury Wounds and Injuries Wounds, Nonpenetrating

Age range

12 year–40 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, Oregon, 97201, United States

About this study

The purpose of this pilot project is to gather preliminary data to determine whether using one inertial sensor at the waist during the BESS could provide the examiner with a more immediate, objective, reliable and sensitive way to quantify deficits in postural control in the post-concussive population. The investigators hypothesize that the metrics obtained from the iSWAY will be better able to distinguish mTBI subjects from control subjects than the standard clinical assessment. The specific aims are:

To determine test-retest and inter-rater reliability of the clinical BESS compared to the instrumented BESS test.
To determine if an instrumented BESS can distinguish mTBI from age-matched control subjects better than the commonly used BESS and to determine the best metrics of sway to separate groups.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Have a mild Traumatic Brain Injury or Concussion
Between the ages 12-40 years

Exclusion criteria

Out of age range

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Oregon Health and Science University

Other

Collaborators

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Registry information

Official study title

Wearable Sensor to Detect Postural Instability in People After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI)

Important dates

Study start: 2011
Primary completion: 2012
Study completion: 2012
First posted: Jun 21, 2011
Registry last updated: Aug 8, 2012

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