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- Title
Do Differences Exist in Impact Test Domains between Youth Athletes with and without an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury?
- Authors
Gureck, Ashley E.; Crockett, Zack; Barsky, Brandon W.; Samuels, Shenae; Frank, Jeremy S.; Storer, Stephen K.; Fazekas, Matthew L.
- Abstract
Poor baseline reaction time, as measured via the Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Test (ImPACT), has been associated with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury risk in adult athletes. Our study sought to determine whether the reaction time and impulse control ImPACT test domains differed between ACL injured and uninjured pediatric athletes. A total of 140 high-school aged athletes comprising 70 athletes who went on to sustain an ACL injury between 2012 and 2018 and 70 age- and sex-matched uninjured controls were included in the study. Mean reaction times were similar for the injured (0.67 s) and uninjured (0.66 s) athletes (p = 0.432), and the impulse control scores were also similar for those with (5.67) and without (6.07) an ACL injury (p = 0.611). Therefore, neurocognitive risk factors for sustaining an ACL injury in adults cannot necessarily be extrapolated to adolescent athletes. Further research is needed to understand why differences exist between injury risk in youth and adult athletes.
- Subjects
STATISTICAL power analysis; SPORTS injuries; CASE-control method; COMPARATIVE studies; PEARSON correlation (Statistics); ANTERIOR cruciate ligament injuries; IMPULSE control disorders; STATISTICAL hypothesis testing; CHI-squared test; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; REACTION time; STATISTICAL sampling; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Healthcare (2227-9032), 2023, Vol 11, Issue 20, p2764
- ISSN
2227-9032
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/healthcare11202764