Attentional and executive functioning following mild traumatic brain injury in children using the Test for Attentional Performance (TAP) battery

Catale, Corinne; Marique, Pierre-Xavier; Closset, Annette; Meulemans, Thierry

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“…Other studies that directly compared attention functioning of mTBI patients with non-injured controls have generally reported null outcomes during both acute ( Jaffe et al, 1992) and chronic Babikian et al, 2011;Catroppa et al, 2011;Fay et al, 1994) injury phases (Babikian and Asarnow, 2009;Satz et al, 1997). However, subtle deficits (Catroppa et al, 2007), and adverse outcomes (Catale et al, 2009), have been occasionally reported in specific attention domains. Moreover, the wide heterogeneity in time post-injury in previous studies, coupled with variability in performance across a cohort in different developmental phases, may have hindered the ability to detect the effects of mTBI on cognition.…”

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“…In the United States alone, the rate of TBI-related emergency department visits was over 500 per 100,000 for children less than 17 years of age (Faul et al, 2010), and 75% of these injuries were classified as mild in nature (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003). While the majority of mild TBI (mTBI) patients fully recover within the first several months of injury (Babikian and Asarnow, 2009;Satz et al, 1997), a small subset of patients may experience persistent neurocognitive or psychosocial dysfunction for years (Anderson et al, 2001;Babikian et al, 2011;Catale et al, 2009;Fay et al, 2010;McKinlay et al, 2002McKinlay et al, ,2009McKinlay et al, ,2010Sterr et al, 2006), or even decades (Daneshvar et al, 2011;Hessen et al, 2007;Klonoff et al, 1993). Thus it is critical to identify neuroimaging and behavioral markers sensitive to mTBI to better understand recovery, and to prevent potentially long-term adverse outcomes from repeated mTBI.…”

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An fMRI Study of Auditory Orienting and Inhibition of Return in Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Yang

Yeo

Peña

et al. 2012

Journal of Neurotrauma

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Studies in adult mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) have shown that two key measures of attention, spatial reorienting and inhibition of return (IOR), are impaired during the first few weeks of injury. However, it is currently unknown whether similar deficits exist following pediatric mTBI. The current study used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate the effects of semi-acute mTBI ( < 3 weeks post-injury) on auditory orienting in 14 pediatric mTBI patients (age 13.50 -1.83 years; education: 6.86 -1.88 years), and 14 healthy controls (age 13.29 -2.09 years; education: 7.21 -2.08 years), matched for age and years of education. The results indicated that patients with mTBI showed subtle (i.e., moderate effect sizes) but non-significant deficits on formal neuropsychological testing and during IOR. In contrast, functional imaging results indicated that patients with mTBI demonstrated significantly decreased activation within the bilateral posterior cingulate gyrus, thalamus, basal ganglia, midbrain nuclei, and cerebellum. The spatial topography of hypoactivation was very similar to our previous study in adults, suggesting that subcortical structures may be particularly affected by the initial biomechanical forces in mTBI. Current results also suggest that fMRI may be a more sensitive tool for identifying semi-acute effects of mTBI than the procedures currently used in clinical practice, such as neuropsychological testing and structural scans. fMRI findings could potentially serve as a biomarker for measuring the subtle injury caused by mTBI, and documenting the course of recovery.

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An fMRI Study of Auditory Orienting and Inhibition of Return in Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Yang

Yeo

Peña

et al. 2012

Journal of Neurotrauma

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“…For example, Catroppa and colleagues 16 found that 10 years after injury, children with mTBI were significantly impaired on a test of attentional gating or freedom from distractibility compared with typically developing (TD) children. Other studies have found deficits in tests of cognitive flexibility, 14 but few studies examined the trajectory of recovery after mTBI. 17 Therefore, consensus has not been reached with regard to the incidence and extent of EF impairment after mild TBI.…”

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“…These studies provided consistent evidence of few residual cognitive, behavioral, or academic deficits attributable to TBI beyond 3 months. Catale and colleagues, 14 however, suggested that results are mixed on studies of executive function (EF) after mTBI. For example, Roncadin and coworkers 15 found that children with mTBI performed within the normal range on verbal recognition memory, although it should be noted that this study examined patients with mild, moderate, and severe TBI, with no uninjured or extra-cranial injury comparison group.…”

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Updating Memory after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Orthopedic Injuries

Hanten

Ibarra

et al. 2013

Journal of Neurotrauma

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Few studies have examined the trajectory of recovery of executive function (EF) after mild TBI (mTBI). Therefore, consensus has not been reached on the incidence and extent of EF impairment after mTBI. The present study investigated trajectory of change in executive memory over 3 months after mTBI on 59 right-handed participants with mTBI, as defined by Centers for Disease Control criteria, ages 14-30 years, recruited within 96 hours post-injury and tested <1 week (baseline), 1 month, and 3 months after injury. Also included were 58 participants with orthopedic injury (OI) and 27 typically developing (TD) noninjured participants with similar age, socioeconomic status, sex, and ethnicity. MRI data were acquired at baseline and 3 months. Although criteria included a normal CT scan, lesions were detected by MRI in 19 mTBI patients. Participants completed the KeepTrack task, a verbal recall task placing demands on goal maintenance, semantic memory, and memory updating. Scores reflected items recalled and semantic categories maintained. The mTBI group was divided into two groups: high (score ‡ 12) or low (score < 12) symptoms based on the Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire (RPQ). Mixed model analyses revealed the trajectory of change in mTBI patients (high and low RPQ), OI patients, and TD subjects were similar over time (although the TD group differed from other groups at baseline), suggesting no recovery from mTBI up to 90 days. For categories maintained, differences in trajectory of recovery were discovered, with the OI comparison group surprisingly performing similar to those in the mTBI group with high RPQ symptoms, and different from low RPQ and the TD groups, bringing up questions about utility of OIs as a comparison group for mTBI. Patients with frontal lesions (on MRI) were also found to perform worse than those without lesions, a pattern that became more pronounced with time.

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“…There are well-documented significant ongoing impairments for children and adolescents following TBI, across physical, cognitive, educational, and behavioural domains (Catale, Marique, Closset, & Meulemans, 2009;Catroppa & Anderson, 2004;Catroppa, Anderson, Godfrey, & Rosenfeld, 2011;Catroppa et al, 2015;Crowe, Anderson, Barton, Babl, & Catroppa, 2014;Ganesalingam et al, 2011;Hawley, Ward, Magnay, & Mychalkiw, 2004;Max et al, 2005;Ryan et al, 2015). Such impairments contribute to increased risk of adverse outcomes in adolescence, such as school dropout, substance abuse, self-injurious behaviour, and entrance into the criminal justice system (Gunter, Chibnall, Antoniak, Philibert, & Black, 2013;McKinlay, Corrigan, Horwood, & Fergusson, 2014;Stoddard & Zimmerman, 2011).…”

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Community-based interventions for adolescents following traumatic brain injury: A systematic review

Clasby

Hughes

Catroppa

et al. 2018

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Background: Chronic impairment following childhood traumatic brain injury has the potential to increase risk of negative outcomes. This highlights potential value of communitybased rehabilitation programs. Objectives: To identify research studies examining existing intervention programmes available in community-based rehabilitation to adolescents following TBI to assist with the transition back into the community. Methods: A systematic review of community-based interventions was conducted across different national contexts.All included studies involved a clinical population with TBI, aged 11 to 25 years inclusive.Risk of bias was rated for each included study. Results: Seventeen studies were identified for inclusion in the review, of these eleven distinct interventions were found. The quality of Running head: Community-based interventions for adolescents following TBI evidence was largely weak and highly variable. Conclusion: The results suggest some improvement in adolescent outcomes following community-based interventions, however higher quality evidence is needed to support specific interventions.

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Attentional and executive functioning following mild traumatic brain injury in children using the Test for Attentional Performance (TAP) battery

Cited by 84 publications

References 20 publications

An fMRI Study of Auditory Orienting and Inhibition of Return in Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

An fMRI Study of Auditory Orienting and Inhibition of Return in Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Updating Memory after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Orthopedic Injuries

Community-based interventions for adolescents following traumatic brain injury: A systematic review

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