Are vision reaction times slowed following concussions? 3 thoughts

Orthopedic Sports Medicine

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine researchers analyzed peripheral vision reaction times in patients who suffered concussions.

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine published the study.

 

Here are three thoughts:

 

1. Researchers found patients who experienced concussions with visual dysfunction, subsequently experienced "significantly delayed central and peripheral vision reaction times," compared to patients without concussion history.

 

2. Those patients with post-concussion visual dysfunction saw slowed central vision reaction times and peripheral vision reaction times.

 

3. Joe Clark, PhD, a neurology and rehabilitation professor, noted peripheral vision reaction times were "disproportionately prolonged when compared with the healthy control group."

 

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