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Combining objective neurocognitive assessment with exercise tolerance testing may enable clinicians to objectively identify those requiring further assessment or rehabilitation before return to play. The purpose of this study was to investigate how performance on a neurocognitive assessment battery is affected by provocative exercise testing. <jats:italic><jats:bold>Design<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> Prospective cohort study, pretest\/posttest. <jats:italic><jats:bold>Methods<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> A total of 30 participants included 13 women (43.3%), age 23.4 (1.93)\u00a0years, height 173.56 (10)\u00a0cm, weight 77.35 (16.3)\u00a0kg, and 11 (36.7%) with history of concussion. All participants completed a neurocognitive assessment battery, including the Stroop Test and standardized assessments of working memory, attention, and information processing speed\/accuracy in single-task (seated position) and dual-task conditions (walking on a treadmill at 2.0 miles per hour). The neurocognitive assessment battery was performed at baseline and after the standard BCTT test protocol. <jats:italic><jats:bold>Results<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> BCTT: Average percentage of heart rate maximum (%HR<jats:sub>max<\/jats:sub>)\u2009=\u200993.97% (4.8%); average maximum rating of perceived exertion\u2009=\u200918.6 (1.5). Time-based performance in single-task and dual-task conditions significantly improved from baseline (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.05) following maximal exercise testing on the BCTT for the following neurocognitive assessments: concentration-reverse digits, Stroop congruent, and Stroop incongruent. <jats:italic><jats:bold>Conclusions<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> Healthy participants demonstrated improvements across multiple domains of neurocognitive performance following the exercise tolerance testing on the BCTT. Understanding normal responses in neurocognitive performance for healthy individuals following exercise tolerance testing may allow clinicians to more objectively monitor the trajectory of recovery following sports-related concussion.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1123\/jsr.2022-0354","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,20]],"date-time":"2023-03-20T16:34:55Z","timestamp":1679330095000},"page":"557-563","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Combined Neurocognitive and Exercise Tolerance Testing Improves Objectivity of Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test"],"prefix":"10.1123","volume":"32","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0877-8119","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Daniel","family":"Miner","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Radford University Carilion, Roanoke, VA, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brent","family":"Harper","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Chapman University, Irvine, CA, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"100","reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"r1","series-title":"Curr Sports Med Rep","first-page":"82","article-title":"Sport-related concussion clinical profiles: clinical characteristics, targeted treatments, and preliminary evidence","volume":"18","author":"Kontos AP","year":"2019","unstructured":"Kontos AP, Sufrinko A, Sandel N, Emami K, Collins MW. 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