The Effects of Environmental Distractions on SCAT6 Outcomes

The SCAT6 is a standardized assessment tool to diagnose a concussion. This tool will be used for the experiment utilizing the 6th edition to recreate the methods used in an athletic situation. The SCAT6 is broken down into multiple subtests to focus on specific aspects of a person's wellbeing that could be affected by a possible concussion. The assessments are created to measure an athlete's subjectively experienced symptoms, cognitive functioning and balance and postural stability (mBESS).

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of environmental distractions on one's ability to complete the SCAT6. The environmental distractions will be visual and auditory by playing a sports event or sports clips during the completion of the assessment. The goal of this is to simulate the distraction of a sideline like a SCAT6 is typically used within athletic training.