Balance and coordination testing is very popular in most concussion systems. In addition, it is considered by the 4th Consensus Statement of Concussion in Sport (McCrory et al., 2018) to be a great useful tool for assessing neurological functioning and a reliable assessment of athletes that show signs of a lack of balance and coordination.
Vestibular and Oculomotor Assessment
Assessment of a patient’s vestibular and ocular motor function can give be vital systems in evaluation a possible concussion. An athlete with an impairment in their vestibular or ocular motor function may not initially show up in tests, however by the end of the evaluation it is much more prominent. This is not true in athletes who