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Does baseline concussion testing aid in identifying future concussion risk?
Research in Sports Medicine
  • Jaclyn B. Caccese, The Ohio State University
  • Kassandra E. John, Georgia Southern University
  • Jody L. Langdon, Georgia Southern University, School of Health and Kinesiology
  • George W Shaver, Georgia Southern University
  • Thomas A. Buckley, University of Delaware
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-9-2019
DOI
10.1080/15438627.2019.1641500
Abstract

The purpose was to determine differences in pre-season baseline performance between student-athletes who suffered a future sport-related concussion (fSRC) and those who did not. Collegiate student-athletes (82 fSRC, 82 matched control, age = 18.4 ± 0.8years, height = 172.7 ± 10.3 cm, mass = 80.1 ± 20.9 kg) completed baseline Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT), Balance Error Scoring System (BESS), and Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC). Results of the independent t-tests suggested there were no differences between the fSRC and the control groups for ImPACT composite scores (95% confidence intervals, Visual Memory: fSRC 70.4–75.9, Control 73.4–78.5, p = 0.134; Verbal Memory: fSRC 83.8–87.7, Control 85.7–89.9, p = 0.155; Reaction Time: fSRC 0.562–0.591, Control 0.580–0.614, p = 0.071; Visual Motor Speed: fSRC 38.5–41.1, Control 38.2–40.9, p = 0.757), BESS total errors (fSRC 11.3–13.7, Control 11.8–14.4, p = 0.483), or SAC (fSRC 26.6–27.4, Control 26.9–27.6, p = 0.394). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) areas-under-the-curve were 0.417–0.515. Our findings suggest that baseline concussion assessments cannot be used to predict individuals who may sustain a fSRC.

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Citation Information
Jaclyn B. Caccese, Kassandra E. John, Jody L. Langdon, George W Shaver, et al.. "Does baseline concussion testing aid in identifying future concussion risk?" Research in Sports Medicine (2019)
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