Baseline data of the sinusoidal harmonic acceleration test and velocity step test in Towson University NCAA Division I and club sport student-athletes

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Baseline data of the sinusoidal harmonic acceleration test and velocity step test in Towson University NCAA Division I and club sport student-athletes

Identifier

TSP2016Tongue

Type

["Text"]

Genre

["Theses"]

Format

["pdf"]

Rights

Access to this document has been permanently and indefinitely restricted by the author until or unless the author submits a written request to Special Collections & Archives to change the access restrictions and/or make it freely available. Only Albert S. Cook Library staff members may access this file for administrative purposes unless written permission from the author is presented to staff members of the Towson University Special Collections & Archives department. Copyright protected, all rights reserved.

General Notes

Doctoral thesis research directed by the Department of Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology and Deaf Studies.

Extent

x, 72 pages

Language

["English"]

Repository

["Towson University. Albert S. Cook Library. Special Collections and University Archives"]

Collection Name

["Towson University Graduate Theses and Dissertations"]

Author

Tongue, Kristen

Degree Date

2017

Department or Program

["Towson University. Department of Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology and Deaf Studies"]

Abstract

Vestibular function, specifically the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) and the velocity storage integrator (VSI), was evaluated in 28 Towson University NCAA and club sport student-athletes (7 males, 21 females) using the sinusoidal harmonic acceleration (SHA) test and the velocity step test. Baseline data were collected using the Towson University Hearing and Balance Center (TU-HBC) NeuroKinetics rotational chair. No effects of gender, concussion status, and concussion history were observed for all parameters across the SHA and the velocity step tests. Abnormal findings across all student athlete participants and those with positive concussion histories in the current study were compared to the normative data set established in the TU-HBC (Abate, 2016; Durney 2015). No statistically significant differences were observed between the abnormal student-athlete findings in the current study and those in the TU-HBC NeuroKinetics normative data set, indicating collegiate athletic participation and concussion history did not influence the rotational chair results. Based on the results of the current study, it could be suggested that the SHA and the velocity step tests could be used as tests of baseline vestibular performance on student athletes with positive concussion histories, presuming the concussions occurred at least 5 months prior to testing. Further investigation is needed to determine if follow-up testing closer to the date of a future concussion could document change in VOR or VSI function as a result of concussion

Thesis Committee Members

["Higgins, Michael, 1963-","Ashby-Scabis, Tricia K."]

Date Published

14 October 2016

Author (Controlled)

["Tongue, Kristen"]

Thesis Advisor

["Smith, Elise D.","Emanuel, Diana C."]

Degree Note

(Au. D.) -- Towson University, 2017.

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