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Clinical Predictors Of Driving Simulator Performance In Drivers With Multiple Sclerosis, Sarah Krasniuk

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Drivers with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) experience visual-cognitive impairment that may impact their fitness to drive. Fitness to drive is the ability to control a motor vehicle, as determined via a comprehensive driving evaluation, with in-clinic and on-road driving assessments. However, the on-road driving assessment may pose a crash risk to medically at-risk drivers. Instead, a driving simulator assessment that targets the driving performance deficits of drivers may inform fitness to drive decisions. However, utilizing clinical tests to indicate driving simulator performance in drivers with MS is not fully understood.

Through three aims, this dissertation will examine the clinical utility of …