title: Cognitive and postural precursors of motion sickness in adolescent boxers.
abstract: Athletic head trauma (both concussive and sub-concussive) is common among adolescents. Concussion typically is followed by motion sickness-like symptoms, by changes in cognitive performance, and by changes in standing body sway. We asked whether pre-bout body sway would differ between adolescent boxers who experienced post-bout motion sickness and those who did not. In addition, we asked whether pre-bout cognitive performance would differ as a function of adolescent boxers' post-bout motion sickness. Nine of nineteen adolescent boxers reported motion sickness after a bout. Pre-bout measures of cognitive performance and body sway differed between boxers who reported post-bout motion sickness and those who did not. The results suggest that susceptibility to motion sickness-like symptoms in adolescent boxers may be manifested in characteristic patterns of body sway and cognitive performance. It may be possible to use pre-bout data to predict susceptibility to post-bout symptoms.
authors.affiliation: School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, United States.
authors.forename: Yi-Chou
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Tzu-Chiang
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.forename: Ting-Hsuan
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: City C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Fu-Chen
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Stoffregen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001914:Boxing / Q000293:injuries*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009041:Motion Sickness / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Athletics; Cognitive performance; Motion sickness; Posture