Status:

COMPLETED

Driving Performance of Teenage Patients With mTBI: a Longitudinal Assessment

Lead Sponsor:

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Conditions:

Concussion

Eligibility:

All Genders

16-19 years

Brief Summary

This study will synthesize a behavioral profile of impaired driving performance for teenage patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, from one week post-concussion to six weeks ...

Detailed Description

3A. Teen driving Motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) are the leading cause of death for teens in the U.S.1 Young people aged 15 to 24 years account for approximately $26 billion of the total costs related to...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients will be defined as those who have suffered closed head trauma diagnosed as mTBI or concussion by one of our network's board-certified sports medicine physicians and based on criteria outlined in recent multi-investigator consensus documents37 and including Common Data Elements from the NIH guidelines.

Exclusion

  • Subjects will be excluded from the study if they have a history of congenital or acquired cognitive or neurological disorders including developmental delay, brain tumor, stroke, or known pre-injury peripheral or central vestibular disorders. In addition, patients who have begun anti-depressant, stimulant or anti-seizure medications for treatment of their symptoms or for other, unrelated reasons within two months of testing will be excluded from testing. Controls and patients with a pre-injury history of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or other issues that could confound their ability to complete the proposed tasks will be documented and utilized for further analyses after completion of testing, but these data will not be excluded.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2014

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02278029

Start Date

October 1 2014

End Date

July 1 2016

Last Update

September 29 2016

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Cincinnati Children's Hospital

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45209

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