Evaluation of Nintendo Wii Balance Board as a Tool for Measuring Postural Stability After Sport-Related Concussion
2017
Context: Recent changes to postconcussion guidelines indicate that postural-stability assessment may augment traditional neurocognitive testing when making return-to-participation decisions. The Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) has been proposed as 1 measure of balance assessment. A new, freely available software program to accompany the Nintendo Wii Balance Board (WBB) system has recently been developed but has not been tested in concussed patients. Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of using the WBB to assess postural stability across 3 time points (baseline and postconcussion days 3 and 7) and to assess concurrent and convergent validity of the WBB with other traditional measures (BESS and Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Test [ImPACT] battery) of assessing concussion recovery. Design: Cohort study. Setting: Athletic training room and collegiate sports arena. Patients or Other Participants: We collected preseason baseline data from 403 National Collegiate Athletic Association D...
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- Balance board
- Physical therapy
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation
- Concussion
- Cognitive test
- Athletes
- Convergent validity
- Sports arena
- Neurocognitive
- Athletic training
- Psychology
- sport related concussion
- Sports medicine
- postural stability
- Postural Balance
- wii balance board
- Psychological testing
- neurocognitive testing
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