Is Y-Balance Test Predictive of Concussion

The Y Balance Test for the lower quarter (YBT-LQ) is a movement screen used to assess an athlete's risk for injury. The YBT-LQ is a dynamic balance test where the participant stands on a single leg and with the opposite lower extremity reaches are far in the anterior direction as they can, and this value is measured. The process is repeated in the posterior medial, and the posterior lateral directions. The final values are controlled for leg length of the participants. The YBT-LQ has been shown to be predictive of lower extremity injury in high school basketball players, but it is typically used as part of a battery of tests to determine the athlete's overall injury risk, but more questions remain to be answered. The research question: Is the YBT-LQ predictive of concussion in high school athletes? What are the norms for YBT-LQ in high school athletes? Does history of concussion effect YBT-LQ? Is the YBT-LQ with visual perturbations predictive of concussions? Is the YBT-LQ with visual perturbations predictive of lower extremity injury? What is the impact of visual perturbations on Y-balance and its injury prevention capability?

The target student participants will be 9th through 12th grade students; however, 6th to 8th grade students will be allowed to participate depending on the school or organization request. Informed consent will be obtained reiterating that participation is voluntary. Testing utilizing the YBT-LQ will occur, and sport of participation, age, height, weight, dorsiflexion, and leg length will be obtained. Follow up will be made via the athletic trainers and school personnel to indicate the effected athletes. Once the post-test follow up is complete athletes will be able to see their pre-test scores, and any questions will be answered at that time. This will be a longitudinal study where testing will take place at least two times per year, preferably three times per year over 4 years.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Concussion, Brain; Concussion; Eye
• Intervention / Treatment: Diagnostic test: Y balance; Device: Y Balance Plus Visual Perturbations

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 1000
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Arkansas
    • Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States, 72916
      • Recruiting
      • Fort Smith Public Schools
      • Contact: Alex Habegger; Phone Number: 402-852-6509; Email: ahabegge@gmail.com
    • Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States, 72916
      • Recruiting
      • Greenwood Public Schools
      • Contact: Alex Habegger; Phone Number: 402-852-6509; Email: ahabegge@gmail.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 11 years to 19 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participates in sport either school sanctioned or club

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of seizure

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Standard Y Balance; Subjects will perform Y-balance lower quarter	Diagnostic test: Y balance; Subjects will perform Y-balance without any interventional strategies.
Active Comparator: Y Balance Plus Stroboscopic Glasses; Subjects will perform Y-balance lower quarter with and without stroboscopic lenses	Device: Y Balance Plus Visual Perturbations; Stroboscopic glasses will be added to the protocol for the participants to perform the Y-balance lower quarter to examine the differences in Y-balance scores as well as examining the Y-balance's ability to predict injury and concussion with visual perturbations.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Report of concussion in past year	Determine if patient sustained concussion since test date utilizing this questionnaire.	1 year
Report of lower extremity injury in past year	This will be determined utilizing intake questionnaire as developed by research team delineating joint or structure impacted by injury.	1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Arkansas Colleges of Health Education

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): May 4, 2022
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): August 30, 2025
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 31, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 12, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 18, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): April 25, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 25, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 18, 2022
• Last Verified: April 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Wounds and Injuries; Craniocerebral Trauma; Trauma, Nervous System; Head Injuries, Closed; Wounds, Nonpenetrating; Brain Injuries; Brain Injuries, Traumatic; Brain Concussion
• Other Study ID Numbers: ArkansasCollegesHlthEd

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No