Peter A Benedict, Natali V Baner, G Kyle Harrold, Nicholas Moehringer, Lisena Hasanaj, Liliana P Serrano, Mara Sproul, Geraldine Pagnotta, Dennis A Cardone, Steven R Flanagan, Janet Rucker, Steven L Galetta, Laura J Balcer
OBJECTIVE: This study examined components of the Sports Concussion Assessment Tool, 3rd Edition (SCAT3) and a vision-based test of rapid number naming (King-Devick [K-D]) to evaluate sports and non-sports concussion patients in an outpatient, multidisciplinary concussion center. While the Symptom Evaluation, Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC), modified Balance Error Scoring System (BESS), and K-D are used typically for sideline assessment, their use in an outpatient clinical setting following concussion has not been widely investigated...
2015: Journal of the Neurological Sciences