A portable imaging tool could change the way the medical community analyzes and understands the long-term effects of sports-related concussions.
Research conducted by Humboldt State Kinesiology professor Rock Braithwaite has played a significant role in demonstrating the usefulness of computerized neurocognitive testing in determining the extent of the effects of concussion on cognition and performance among student athletes and military personnel.
“This preliminary study, although small, showed us where in the brain a patient is affected and to what cognitive extent,” said Michael Collins, director of a current study being conducted on functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) as a low-cost, portable device for imaging sports and military concussions.
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