title: Virtual reality as a screening tool for sports concussion in adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  There is controversy surrounding the cognitive effects of sports concussion. This study aimed to verify whether the technique of virtual reality could aid in the identification of attention and inhibition deficits in adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective design was used to assess 25 sports-concussed and 25 non-sports-concussed adolescents enrolled in a sport and education programme.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were evaluated in immersive virtual reality via ClinicaVR: Classroom-CPT and in real life via the traditional VIGIL-CPT.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The neuropsychological assessment using virtual reality showed greater sensitivity to the subtle effects of sports concussion compared to the traditional test, which showed no difference between groups. The results also demonstrated that the sports concussion group reported more symptoms of cybersickness and more intense cybersickness than the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sports concussion was associated with subtle deficits in attention and inhibition. However, further studies are needed to support these results.
authors: Laboratoire de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Réalité Virtuelle, Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada. pierre.nolin@uqtr.ca
authors: Pierre
authors: P
authors: Nolin
authors: Annie
authors: A
authors: Stipanicic
authors: Mylène
authors: M
authors: Henry
authors: Christian C
authors: CC
authors: Joyal
authors: Philippe
authors: P
authors: Allain
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D063367:Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy