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A Visual Exploration Of Walking In Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (Mtbi), Bryana Popa
A Visual Exploration Of Walking In Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (Mtbi), Bryana Popa
OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Annual Conference
Visual exploration of the environment is vital for safe and effective walking, and is influenced by cognitive load. Eye movement deficits can occur following mTBI and may impact visual exploration when walking, leading to issues with mobility. This study aims to examine visual exploration when walking under single and dual-task in mTBI and controls.
Sixteen people with mTBI (Age: 30.1±12.8 yrs, days since injury: 39.5±21.7) and 10 healthy controls (Age: 26.3±5.2 yrs) walked for 1 minute while wearing a mobile eye tracker under single and dual-task conditions. The primary outcome was visual exploration measured by saccade frequency (sacc/sec). Secondary outcomes …