Impact of Sports-related Concussions on the Attention and Executive Skills of Adolescents and Young Adults: Links With Subjective Symptoms and Recovery

Concussion in sports ("Sports-Related Concussion" or "SRC") are a public health issue. The management of these injuries is evolving rapidly and decisions to return to play are based on clinical judgment. It is now recognized that the assessment of cognitive function must be one of the components of the assessment, in particular, in the protocol used to decide if a patient can resume practice. The available scales include only a brief cognitive assessment but do not provide an understanding of the level of deficit treatment. The use of computerized TAP (Test of Attentionnal Performance) tests, including finer measures of reaction time and apprehending the different attention and executive components (alertnes, orientation, flexibility, inhibition, updating), would allow a better understanding of the nature of the disorder and link it to subjective symptoms, and recovery.

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Key information

Conditions

Sports-related Concussion

Age range

13 year–25 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

CHU Dijon Bourgogne

Dijon, 21079, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

Person who has given his non-opposition
For minor controls: Written authorization and non-opposition from the 2 holders of parental authority beforehand.
For minor patients: non-opposition from the 2 holders of parental authority
For patients: patients aged 13 to 25 years old who have suffered a concussion in sports practice less than 72 hours previously and who consult at the CMRR of the CHU Dijon Bourgogne
For controls: healthy subjects aged 13 to 25 years old students in one of the partner schools (Lycée les Arcades de Dijon, Lycée Saint Joseph, Dijon; Collège Marcel Pardé, Dijon; CREPS (Centre de Ressources et d'Expertise à la Performance Sportive) who have not had a concussion.

Exclusion criteria

Person subject to legal protection (curatorship, guardianship)
Person subject to limited judicial protection
Pregnant, parturient or breastfeeding woman
Major unable to consent
For controls: subjects with a history of learning disabilities and/or concussion (identification of this history on the SCAT3 inclusion questionnaire).

Treatment and study plan

Inclusion questionnaires

Other

During the inclusion visit, neuropsychologist tests the scales: SCAT3 (Sport Concussion Assessment Test 3ème version), Trail-making test (TMT), Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) TAP, HAS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale) ; PSQI (Pittsburg Sleep Quality Scale) ; RPQ (Rivermead Post concussion symptoms Questionnaire) ; and RHFUQ (Rivermead head injury follow-up questionnaire)

Questionnaires at inclusion, M1 and M3

Other

During the inclusion visit, the 1-month visit and the 3-month visit; neuropsychologist grading of the scales: SCAT3 (Sport Concussion Assessment Test 3ème version), Trail-making test (TMT), Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) TAP, HAS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale) ; PSQI (Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index) ; RPQ (Rivermead Post concussion symptoms Questionnaire) ; and RHFUQ (Rivermead head injury follow-up questionnaire)

Primary outcomes

Reaction time on the TAP computerized battery

Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 23 month
Number of errors on the TAP computerized battery

Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 23 month

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Impact of Sports-related Concussions on the Attention and Executive Skills of Adolescents and Young Adults: Links With Subjective Symptoms and Recovery.

Acronym: EXAECOS

Important dates

Study start: 2019
Primary completion: 2020
Study completion: 2020
First posted: Apr 16, 2019
Registry last updated: Nov 26, 2021

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