Feasibility of Physical Therapy Evaluation Symptom Provocation Tests in Older Adults With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Mixed Methods Study

Older adults were able to tolerate the collection of participant-reported and physical outcome measures that allowed for individual maximal safe efforts without mTBI symptom provocation. The contextual themes using the ICF model of study protocol and environment were categorized and coded for future research consideration. Positive emotion participant responses were captured at the end of data collection. Clinical Relevance: This study applied standard physical therapy assessment protocols, which were safely tolerated by older adults with mTBI. The study used ICF domains from a research procedure perspective for protocol and environment considerations. The findings included participants' positive emoted responses, which may inform future large-sample trials in the evaluation of older adults with mTBI.