Eye Movements Recording Using a Mobile : Comparison to Standard Video-oculography in Young Athletes
Condition: Healthy
Study type: Observational

Summary: 
      This study aims to compare measurements obtained through the e-VOG application (mobile
      application, usable on smartphones or tablets, to measure eye movements) with measurements
      from the standard video-oculography device (Eye-Tracker®T2), in young athletes.
    

Detailed description: 
      e-VOG Young athletes is a collaborative study between the Memory Center of the Rainier III
      Center (Princess Grace Hospital, Monaco), the Neurology Department of Nice University
      Hospital (France), and the AS Monaco Football Academy medical team.

      Memory Center of the Rainier III Center is expert in eye-tracking and is equipped with a
      standard video-oculography device (Eye-Tracker®T2), which records eye movements at a high
      frequency and measures saccades parameters (latency, speed, amplitudes etc...).

      e-VOG is a mobile application, home-developed by the Neurology Department team of Nice
      University Hospital, to measure eye movements.

      Based on literature, investigators hypothesize that video-oculography could integrate
      assessment protocols for head trauma occurring during sports practice. The nomadic nature of
      the e-VOG application would make possible to assess oculomotor behaviors to a subject who has
      just suffered a trauma and who is suspected of having a concussion.

      From this perspective, it seems necessary to firstly validate baseline values of the e-VOG
      application in a population of athletes without major health problems, and who have not
      presented concussion.
    

Intervention name(s): eVOG (Mobile VideoOculoGraphy)
Intervention type(s): Other
Intervention description(s): Eyes movements assessed with e-VOG (mobile application, that uses the face detection features of the front camera to detect and record eye movements).
Study duration is about 20 minutes, the day the subject performs his standard video-oculography examination in routine care (using Eye-Tracker®T2)
Observational model: Cohort
Time perspective: Cross-Sectional
Sampling method: Non-Probability Sample
Study population: 
        Young athletes for whom a standard video-oculography exam is prescribed by the AS Monaco
        Football medical team as part of a preventive and follow-up approach performed in routine
        care.

        Eye-tracking is a relevant and essential assessment for the detection and monitoring of
        neuro-cognitive alterations in young athletes which may result from macro-trauma
        (concussion) or repeated micro-trauma (head game) occurring during the season.

        Standard video-oculography exam is carried out at the Center Rainier III (Princess Grace
        Hospital), in accordance with usual practices. It is a non-invasive device for eye
        movements recording, allowing doctors to measure standard parameters related to eye
        movements (Class IIa medical device, CE marking, according to Annexe IX of the directive
        93/42/CE).
      
Keywords: Young Athletes