Presenter: Maisie Rapp
Faculty Mentor: Quinn Peterson, Li-Shan Chou
Presentation Type: Poster 81
Primary Research Area: Science
Major: Human Physiology
Sustaining a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) can lead to physical and cognitive deficits; however, it has not been determined how long these deficits last. Previous research concluded that after a month post-concussion young adults still have deficiencies with toe-clearance during split attention obstacle crossing. Another study found that adolescents have greater gait balance control deficits two months post-injury compared to young adults. To determine how these deficiencies affect obstacle crossing during gait after two month, obstacle toe clearance was measured in adolescents following concussion and healthy matched controls. Data was collected using a 10-camera motion capture system which recorded the positions of twenty-nine retroflective markers that were placed on bony landmarks of the each subject. Concussion subjects came to the lab 72 hours, one week, two weeks, one month, and two months after the date of their injury. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of navigating obstacles during gait in adolescents following concussion.