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Citation

Kelly M. Cureus 2017; 9(5): e1251.

Affiliation

Procare Medical Associates LLC, Sports Medicine.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Curēus)

DOI

10.7759/cureus.1251

PMID

28630809

PMCID

PMC5472398

Abstract

This technical report details the results of an uncontrolled study of EyeGuide Focus, a 10-second concussion management tool which relies on eye tracking to determine the potential impairment of visual attention, an indicator often of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Essentially, people who can visually keep steady and accurate attention on a moving object in their environment likely suffer from no impairment. However, if after a potential mTBI event, subjects cannot keep attention on a moving object in a normal way as demonstrated on their previous healthy baseline tests. This may indicate possible neurological impairment. Now deployed at multiple locations across the United States, Focus (EyeGuide, Lubbock, Texas, United States) to date, has recorded more than 4,000 test scores. Our data analysis of these results shows the promise of Focus as a low-cost, ocular-based impairment test for assessing potential neurological impairment caused by mTBI in subjects ages eight and older.


Language: en

Keywords

baseline testing; concussion; dynamic visuomotor synchronization; eye tracking; eyeguide focus; impairment of attention; mtbi; ocular; predictive timing; smooth pursuit

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