Vestibular, oculomotor, and balance impairments are common following traumatic brain injury (TBI) and increase the risk for protracted recovery. More than 80% of patients with chronic symptoms after TBI report symptoms of dizziness, imbalance, and/or visual instability. The pathophysiology underlying these sensory impairments remains elusive and may include both injury of peripheral sensory end organs and/or injury to central networks involved in visual-vestibular processing. Improving our understanding of these injury mechanisms is critical to improving diagnostic methods, identifying patients at risk for protracted recovery, and developing effective interventions.
The goal of this Research Topic is to explore quantitative assessments of vestibular, oculomotor, and balance impairment after TBI. Reports may also include response to treatment interventions. Assessments may include a combination of various measurement techniques (e.g. neuroimaging, neurophysiological, eye-tracking, posturography, motion-capture, novel or new technologies, etc.) assessing the neurophysiologic and neuro-modulatory mechanisms underlying impairments after TBI. The population of interest may include traumatic brain injuries from any mechanism of injury, at any level of severity, and at any time-point post injury. The Topic Editors aim to highlight the most up-to-date research on this theme and will welcome contributions of Original Research, Reviews, and Brief Research Reports.
For this Research Topic we welcome contributions on, but not limited to:
• Quantitative assessments of clinical vestibular, oculomotor, and/or balance impairments after traumatic brain injury;
• Combining neurophysiological and/or neuroimaging methods with clinical assessments to evaluate the pathophysiology underlying TBI impairments;
• New technologies or combinations of technologies for vestibular, oculomotor, and/or balance assessment after TBI;
• Predictive analytical methods and quantitative clinical measures to identify TBI clinical phenotypes predicting prognosis or response to therapy.
Vestibular, oculomotor, and balance impairments are common following traumatic brain injury (TBI) and increase the risk for protracted recovery. More than 80% of patients with chronic symptoms after TBI report symptoms of dizziness, imbalance, and/or visual instability. The pathophysiology underlying these sensory impairments remains elusive and may include both injury of peripheral sensory end organs and/or injury to central networks involved in visual-vestibular processing. Improving our understanding of these injury mechanisms is critical to improving diagnostic methods, identifying patients at risk for protracted recovery, and developing effective interventions.
The goal of this Research Topic is to explore quantitative assessments of vestibular, oculomotor, and balance impairment after TBI. Reports may also include response to treatment interventions. Assessments may include a combination of various measurement techniques (e.g. neuroimaging, neurophysiological, eye-tracking, posturography, motion-capture, novel or new technologies, etc.) assessing the neurophysiologic and neuro-modulatory mechanisms underlying impairments after TBI. The population of interest may include traumatic brain injuries from any mechanism of injury, at any level of severity, and at any time-point post injury. The Topic Editors aim to highlight the most up-to-date research on this theme and will welcome contributions of Original Research, Reviews, and Brief Research Reports.
For this Research Topic we welcome contributions on, but not limited to:
• Quantitative assessments of clinical vestibular, oculomotor, and/or balance impairments after traumatic brain injury;
• Combining neurophysiological and/or neuroimaging methods with clinical assessments to evaluate the pathophysiology underlying TBI impairments;
• New technologies or combinations of technologies for vestibular, oculomotor, and/or balance assessment after TBI;
• Predictive analytical methods and quantitative clinical measures to identify TBI clinical phenotypes predicting prognosis or response to therapy.
