The Investigation of Motor Performance Measures to Assess Neurology of Sports Related Concussion

The postural control system is a complex motor system which is formed based on an interaction of different dynamic processes and many laboratory techniques recognize performance disorders using a wide range of neurological signs and symptoms. The present research aimed to assess the reliability of commonly used clinical measures of balance and to investigate the effect of age، height، weight and BMI on performing clinical balance tests. For this purpose، 133 participants (age range 18-59 yr) who had at least 3 sessions of sport activity per week، participated in this research. Clinical balance tests included finger-to-nose (FTN)، single leg stance (SLS)، tandem stance and time-up-and-go (TUG). The results showed that the first performance of each three trials was slower. The relationship between some factors and these balance tests were examined. The results revealed that FTN and TUG especially TUG test were the most stable measure to assess sports related concussion