TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Altered brain activation in youth following concussion: using a dual-task paradigm
JO  - Developmental neurorehabilitation
A1  - Urban, Karolina
A1  - Schudlo, Larissa
A1  - Keightley, Michelle
A1  - Alain, Sam
A1  - Reed, Nick
A1  - Chau, Tom
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - A concussion is known as a functional injury affecting brain communication, integration, and processing. There is a need to objectively measure how concussions disrupt brain activation while completing ecologically relevant tasks. The objective of this study was to compare brain activation patterns between concussion and comparison groups (non-concussed youth) during a cognitive-motor single and dual-task paradigm utilizing functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) in regions of the frontal-parietal attention network and compared to task performance. Youth with concussion generally exhibited hyperactivation and recruitment of additional brain regions in the dorsal lateral prefrontal (DLPFC), superior (SPC) and inferior parietal cortices (IPC), which are associated with processing, information integration, and response selection. Additionally, hyper- or hypo-activation patterns were associated with slower processing speed on the cognitive task. Our findings corroborate the growing literature suggesting that neural recovery may be delayed compared to the restoration of behavioral performance post-concussion. Concussion, near-infrared spectroscopy, dual-task paradigm, cognitive, motor, brain activation.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1751-8423
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17518423.2020.1825539
ID  - ref1
ER  -