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MEDICAL: CONDITIONS: CONCUSSIONS :
MEDICAL: TESTS AND TESTING:
Test Detects Overlooked Concussion Impairments
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Test Detects Overlooked Concussion Impairments
By Jack Kelly
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Republican American
http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2014/10/18/lifestyle/health/835786.txt
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Vision issues, fogginess and dizziness are the symptoms associated with
the worst outcomes in concussion patients, said Michael "Micky" Collins,
director of the UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program.
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But existing tests, which focus on balance, often miss these symptoms,
said Anne Mucha, clinical coordinator for vestibular therapy. So a
research team she headed - which included University of Pittsburgh experts
in other disciplines - set out to develop a test that would pick them up.
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The test they designed - called vestibular/ocular motor screening - allows
clinicians to be 90 percent accurate in identifying patients with a
concussion, she and other researchers said in an article published online
in the American Journal of Sports Medicine. The test can be added to
current assessment methods such as physical examination, symptom
evaluation and computerized neurocognitive testing.
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"We were already good at detecting concussions," Mucha said. "VOMS can
tell us what type of a concussion a patient has suffered."
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There are six types, identified by the symptoms they exhibit: vestibular
(balance issues); ocular (vision problems); mood and anxiety, migraine
headaches, and cervical (problems with the neck).
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Most concussion sufferers exhibit several of these symptoms, but one or
two tend to predominate, Mucha said.
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About 80 percent of people who suffer concussions recover in about three
weeks. But it can take months for the remaining 20 percent to recover.
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Most of the patients treated by the Sports Medicine Concussion Program who
have taken months to recover have had vestibular or ocular issues, Mucha
said.
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