Providing Baseline Testing For Younger Patients Paves the Way for Early Diagnosis

OCTOBER 21, 2021 | NEELEM SHEIKH

Establishing a benchmark for both cognitive and functional aspects of brain health has several important applications within the field of neurology, including the ability to provide earlier diagnoses for Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases. Baseline testing also has critical applications for younger athletes. It helps establish an individual’s unique benchmark for brain function to better understand when they can return to sport, work, or school in the event of a concussion.

Below we detail the importance of baseline testing for younger patients and athletes, limitations of traditional baseline assessments and tools, and how to improve assessment of neurocognitive function.