Baseline King-Devick scores for adults are not generalizable; however, age and education influence scores
| Autor: | Heather Dillon Anderson, Scott A. Biely |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
030110 physiology
0301 basic medicine Adult Male Aging Adolescent Neuroscience (miscellaneous) Neuropsychological Tests Dyslexia 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Concussion Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Saccades Humans Brain Concussion Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Mean age Regression analysis Middle Aged medicine.disease Test (assessment) Educational Status Female Neurology (clinical) business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Brain injury. 31(13-14) |
| ISSN: | 1362-301X |
| Popis: | To establish normative values for the King-Devick (K-D) test to be used as a reference for determining impairment related to concussion when individual baseline scores are lacking.Baseline K-D scores were collected for 243 participants aged 18-86.The mean age of subjects was 40.46; range 18-86 years. The mean time was 42.2 seconds; 26.19-75.96 seconds. There was a relationship (r = 0.376) between K-D score and age; scores increased (worsened) with age. There was also a relationship between score and education with scores decreasing as education increased (r = -0.194; p = 0.002). The K-D score was not influenced by sex or concussion history. A regression equation using education and age to predict K-D time explained 0.418 of the variance in K-D test time.Although this research established a relationship between K-D score and age and education, the range in scores was too broad to establish normative values. In the absence of a baseline score, the use of a regression equation considering age and education level may provide some indication of expected score. However, the most reliable use of the test as a screen for impairment following concussion involves the use of a baseline test. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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