Driving Performance of Teenage Patients With mTBI: a Longitudinal Assessment

Completed

Conditions studied: Concussion

In brief

This study will synthesize a behavioral profile of impaired driving performance for teenage patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, from one week post-concussion to six weeks post-concussion. It will also elucidate the relation between decreased reaction times exhibited by these patients and their functional response to driving hazards. While a few studies have examined driving performance in adult patients with mTBI, to the investigators knowledge this will be the first investigation of driving performance for teenage patients with mTBI. Therefore, it will provide the foundation for the future development of return-to-drive protocols for physicians and clinical practitioners. This study will synthesize a behavioral profile of impaired driving performance for teenage patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, from one week post-concussion to six weeks post-concussion. It will also elucidate the relation between decreased reaction times exhibited by these patients and their functional response to driving hazards. While a few studies have examined driving performance in adult patients with mTBI, to the investigators knowledge this will be the first investigation of driving performance for teenage patients with mTBI. Therefore, it will provide the foundation for the future development of return-to-drive protocols for physicians and clinical practitioners.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02278029

Run by

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

People needed

60

Starts

2014-10-01

Expected to finish

2016-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-09-29

Who can join

Age: 16 and older, up to 19. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients will be defined as those who have suffered closed head trauma diagnosed as mTBI or concussion by one of our network's board-certified sports medicine physicians and based on criteria outlined in recent multi-investigator consensus documents37 and including Common Data Elements from the NIH guidelines.

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects will be excluded from the study if they have a history of congenital or acquired cognitive or neurological disorders including developmental delay, brain tumor, stroke, or known pre-injury peripheral or central vestibular disorders. In addition, patients who have begun anti-depressant, stimulant or anti-seizure medications for treatment of their symptoms or for other, unrelated reasons within two months of testing will be excluded from testing. Controls and patients with a pre-injury history of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or other issues that could confound their ability to complete the proposed tasks will be documented and utilized for further analyses after completion of testing, but these data will not be excluded.

Where it is running

• Cincinnati Children's Hospital — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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