Visual Memory Recovery by Gender in Young Athletes with a Sport-Related Concussion (SRC)
Authors: Hyunsoo Yoo
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Science and Disorders, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA
Correspondence:
Hyunsoo Yoo Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Science and Disorders
Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences
Baylor University
One Bear Place #97332
Waco, TX 76798
Visual Memory Recovery by Gender in Young Athletes with a Sport-Related Concussion (SRC)
Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to determine 1) whether there are gender differences in the post-concussion (PC 1-3) recovery process in visual memory after a concussion, and 2) whether there is interaction between two gender groups and the number of concussions.
Method: 75 athletes with sports-related concussion in two groups by gender. The Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT) performance was compared between and within subjects from post-concussion test 1 (PC1) to PC3. The visual memory composite scores were obtained from ImPACT.
Results: Two gender groups were significantly different in visual memory: female athletes were higher than male athletes in visual memory composite scores. Two gender groups also exhibited different recovery pattern: female group showed early recovery from PC1 to PC2 as well as from PC1 to PC3, while male athletes showed significant recovery from PC1 to PC3 only. There was no significant interaction between visual memory scores and the number of concussions.
Conclusions: We can conclude that two gender groups differed in visual memory composite scores. Additionally, the timing of the recovery was different by gender. There was no interaction between the visual memory scores and the number of concussions sustained.
Keywords Sports-related concussion (SRC), Visual memory, Gender
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