RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Postural sway changes during static standing with concurrent task in children with traumatic brain injury
JF Neurosciences Journal
JO Neurosciences (Riyadh)
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 29
OP 35
DO 10.17712/nsj.2019.1.20180195
VO 24
IS 1
A1 Rabiatul A. Abdul Rahman
A1 Fazah A. Hanapiah
A1 Azlina W. Nikmat
A1 Nor A. Ismail
A1 Haidzir Manaf
YR 2019
UL http://nsj.org.sa/content/24/1/29.abstract
AB Objectives: To investigate the effects of concurrent tasks (motor and cognitive) on postural control performance in children with traumatic brain injury (TBI) compared to typically developing (TD) control subjects.Methods: Sixteen children with TBI (aged 11.63±1.89 years) and 22 TD controls (aged 11.41±2.24 years) participated in this case-control study. This study was conducted between May 2016 and March 2017. Each child performed static standing under 3 different conditions: single, concurrent motor, and concurrent cognitive task. Postural control performance measure includes sway area, anterior-posterior (AP) sway velocity, medio-lateral (ML) sway velocity, AP sway distance and ML sway distance as measured using the APDM® Mobility Lab (Oregon, Portland). A repeated-measure analysis of variance was used to analyse the data.Results: We found that children with TBI showed significantly more deterioration in postural control performance than TD children (p<0.05). Both concurrent tasks (motor and cognitive) significantly decreased postural control performance in both groups with more pronounced changes in children with TBI than that of the TD controls.Conclusion: The results demonstrated that, performing concurrent tasks (motor and cognitive) during upright standing resulted in deterioration of postural control performance. The existence of cognitive and balance impairment in children with TBI will possibly cause concurrent tasks to be more complex and demands greater attention compared to single task.