Concussions – Page 7 – King-Devick technologies, Inc.

April 3, 2017

Utility of Ocular and Vestibular Screening Measures for Projected Concussion Recovery Duration

Purpose: Recently, the King-Devick (K-D) test (Galetta et al. 2011) and Vestibular/Ocular Motor Screening (VOMS) (Mucha et al., 2014) have demonstrated the ability to detect impairments following concussion. To...

March 24, 2017

Feasibility and accuracy of teleconcussion for acute evaluation of suspected concussion

Objective: To assess the feasibility and accuracy of telemedical concussion evaluations (teleconcussion) for real-time athletic sideline assessment of concussion, as such assessment may address the gap in access some...

March 16, 2017

Parents Take-On Concussion: Advances in Sideline Research and Culture in Youth Sports

Identifying concussion and initiating removal from play is challenging for even the most diligent youth sports organizations. Empowering parents to implement removal from play protocols and sideline testing may...

November 15, 2016

Assessment of the King-Devick (K-D) test for screening acute mTBI/concussion in warfighters

Objectives: The Department of Defense reported that 344,030 cases of traumatic brain injury (TBI) were clinically confirmed from 2000 to 2015, with mild TBI (mTBI) accounting for 82.3 percent...

September 1, 2016

Rapid number naming in chronic concussion: eye movements in the King–Devick Test

Objective: The King–Devick (K-D) test, which is based on rapid number naming speed, is a performance measure that adds vision and eye movement assessments to sideline concussion testing. We...

July 3, 2016

The King-Devick Test in Mixed Martial Arts: A Pilot Study on the immediate consequences of knock-outs, concussions, and chokes on brain functions

Objective: There has been considerable attention brought to the detection and evaluation of concussive injuries across many different sports. The Kind-Devick (K-D) test has been utilized as a tool...

July 1, 2016

Oculomotor-Based Vision Assessment in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review

Objective: The purpose of this article is to synthesize and appraise the evidence regarding the use of oculomotor-based vision assessment to identify and monitor recovery from mild traumatic brain...

June 10, 2016

Pre- to Post-Season King-Devick Test Performance in Youth Football Athletes

Background: Youth athletes are more vulnerable to concussive injury. Professional and collegiate athletics have begun to place neurologists, neurosurgeons, athletic trainers and team physicians on the sidelines for the...

June 10, 2016

Test-Retest Reliability of the King-Devick Test in Elite Junior Olympic Youth Athletes

Objective: The importance of sports-related concussion identification has received increasing attention in both media and research due to the possible long-term neurological sequelae that may occur with repeated closed...

April 21, 2016

Visual Performance of Non-Native versus Native English Speakers on a Sideline Concussion Screen: An Objective Look at Eye Movement Recordings

Introduction: The King-Devick (KD) test of rapid number-naming, a sensitive and rapid performance measure, adds a visual dimension to sideline testing for concussion. We performed a laboratory-based eye movement...

April 19, 2016

Yield of the Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmologic Examination in Patients with Concussion

Introduction: Due to the widespread nature of ocular motor anatomic pathways, traumatic brain injury and its mildest form, concussion, affect eye movements in many ways. However, the extent to...

April 10, 2016

Clinical Evaluation of Concussion: The Evolving Role of Oculomotor Assessments

Sports-related concussion is a change in brain function following a direct or an indirect force to the head, identified in awake individuals and accounting for a considerable proportion of...

March 15, 2016

Objectifying eye movements during rapid number naming: Methodology for assessment of normative data for the King–Devick test

Objective: Concussion is a major public health problem and considerable efforts are focused on sideline-based diagnostic testing to guide return-to-play decision-making and clinical care. The King-Devick (K-D) test, a...

February 15, 2016

Ocular Motor Assessment in Concussion: Current Status and Future Directions

Mild head injury such as concussions and subconcussive repetitive impact may lead to subtle changes in brain function and it is imperative to find sensitive and reliable tests to...

January 10, 2016

The Utility of the King-Devick Test as a Sideline Assessment Tool for Sport-related Concussions: A Narrative Review

Objective: The objective of this paper is to review existing literature surrounding the utility of the King-Devick Test which is a commonly used sideline assessment tool for sport-related concussions....

Research Abstract Category: Concussions