Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning
Scientific Journal

The Investigation of Motor Performance Measures to Assess Neurology of Sports Related Concussion

Document Type : Research Paper I Open Access I Released under CC BY-NC 4.0 license

Authors

Samaneh Imanipour
Parvaneh Shafienia
Seyed Esmayil Hashemi Sheikh Shabani
Ahmad Ghotbi Varzaneh

Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

https://doi.org/10.22059/jmlm.2013.32134
Abstract
The postural control system is a complex motor system which is formed based
on an interaction of different dynamic processes and many laboratory techniques
recognize performance disorders using a wide range of neurological signs and
symptoms. The present research aimed to assess the reliability of commonly used
clinical measures of balance and to investigate the effect of age, height, weight and
BMI on performing clinical balance tests. For this purpose, 133 participants (age
range 18-59 yr) who had at least 3 sessions of sport activity per week, participated
in this research. Clinical balance tests included finger-to-nose (FTN), single leg
stance (SLS), tandem stance and time-up-and-go (TUG). The results showed that
the first performance of each three trials was slower. The relationship between
some factors and these balance tests were examined. The results revealed that FTN
and TUG especially TUG test were the most stable measure to assess sports
related concussion

Keywords

Postural control
reliability
Motor Performance Tests
Sports Related Concussion
time

  • Receive Date 04 October 2011
  • Revise Date 06 August 2013
  • Accept Date 21 October 2012

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