@article{ref1,
title="Neurocognitive changes associated with concussion in elite cricket players are distinct from changes due to post-match with no head impact",
journal="Journal of science and medicine in sport",
year="2020",
author="Goh, Sherwin C. and Saw, Anna E. and Kountouris, Alex and Orchard, John W. and Saw, Richard",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: Determine intra-individual changes in CogSport performance in elite cricket players diagnosed with concussion, and differentiate this from changes which may be attributed to post-match with no head impact.   DESIGN: Retrospective observational study of elite Australian male and female cricket players with diagnosed concussion and prospective cohort study of cricket players with no head impact post-match.   METHODS: CogSport performance relative to an individual's baseline was compared between 46 cricket players diagnosed with concussion following a head impact sustained during a match, and 84 cricket players who played a match during which they had no head impact.   RESULTS: CogSport performance post-match for players diagnosed with concussion was slower for detection speed (p < 0.001), identification speed (p = 0.007), and one back speed (p = 0.011). No changes in one card learning speed or any accuracy measures were observed. CogSport performance post-match with no head impact was faster but less accurate for one card learning (both p < 0.001). No changes in the other three test components were observed.   CONCLUSIONS: Slower performance in three of four CogSport tasks (detection, identification, one back) may be indicative of concussion, as these intra-individual changes were not observed in players post-match with no head impact. The fourth task, one card learning, may not be a useful indicator of concussion as it was not observed to change with concussion yet was susceptible to change post-match with no head impact. CogSport may have clinical utility in assisting the clinical diagnosis of concussion in elite male and female cricket players.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1440-2440",
doi="10.1016/j.jsams.2020.10.005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2020.10.005"
}