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Lindsey Straus
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What's New, Identification & Diagnosis
August 21, 2016
- Lindsey Straus
Author: Lindsey Straus is an award-winning youth sports journalist, practicing attorney, and has been Senior Editor of SmartTeams since its launch as MomsTEAM in August 2000. She can be reached at lbartonstraus@MomsTEAM.com.
Study Confirms Practice Effect for King-Devick Test, Finds Both Age and Sex Influence Time To Completion
Suggests additional practice trial of test to establish baseline, further study before KD can be validated for clinical use with young patients with possible concussion
A new study has identified a substantial practice effect among a population of healthy young athletes taking the King-Devick (KD) test, a concussion screening tool used to by medical professionals
