Are vision reaction times slowed following concussions? 3 thoughts

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

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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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