Mild traumatic brain injury induces prolonged visual processing deficits in children

Odile Brosseau-Lachaine,  Isabelle Gagnon, Robert Forget, Jocelyn Faubert.

This article compares the sensitivity to simple and complex visual stimuli of children who have sustained a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) to that of matched non-injured children and to determine the evolution of visuo-perceptual performance over time.

It shows that injured children present selective processing deficits for higher-order information and that this deficit persists over relatively long periods. This should be taken into account for physical activities.

Brain Injury, 22(9), 08/2008, 657-668.

Link to abstract:

Related posts:

1. Neonatal Ischemic Stroke: A Hypoxic-ischemic Injury To The Developing Brain
2. Motor scores on the functional independence measure after pediatric spinal cord injury
3. The effects of a concurrent cognitive task on the postural control of young children with and without developmental coordination disorder.
4. Bone status of children aged 5–8 years, treated with dexamethasone for chronic lung disease of prematurity
5. Comparison of the Two-Step and Midgait Methods of Plantar Pressure Measurement in Children