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
Active Locations (1)
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45209