Michael J Roy, David O Keyser, Sheilah S Rowe, Rene S Hernandez, Marcia Dovel, Holland Romero, Diana Lee, Matthew Menezes, Elizabeth Magee, Danielle J Brooks, Chen Lai, Jessica Gill, Suthee Wiri, Elizabeth Metzger, J Kent Werner, Douglas Brungart, Devon M Kulinski, Dominic Nathan, Walter S Carr
BACKGROUND: Subconcussive blast exposure during military training has been the subject of both anecdotal concerns and reports in the medical literature, but prior studies have often been small and have used inconsistent methods. METHODS: This paper presents the methodology employed in INVestigating traIning assoCiated blasT pAthology (INVICTA) to assess a wide range of aspects of brain function, including immediate and delayed recall, gait and balance, audiologic and oculomotor function, cerebral blood flow, brain electrical activity and neuroimaging and blood biomarkers...
December 13, 2022: BMC Medical Research Methodology