Citation

Benedict SE, Hinshaw JW, Byron-Fields R, Baweja HS, Goble DJ. Int. J. Athl. Ther. Train. 2017; 22(4): 23-28.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Human Kinetics)

DOI

10.1123/ijatt.2016-0086

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Fatigue has been shown to adversely affect balance results, as measured by the Balance Error Scoring System (BESS). The present study aimed to determine whether a new low-cost force plate for concussion balance assessment, the Balance Tracking System (BTrackS), is subject to similar fatigue effects. Significant fatigue effects were only evident immediately following a fatigue protocol (p>0.05), and were fully resolved within 5 minutes post fatigue. These results suggest that the BBT is more fatigue resistant than the BESS, and support use of the BBT as a potentially more reliable alternative to the BESS during immediate sideline balance testing.

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