SCAT3 scores at baseline
| Author, date, country | Participants | Symptom score (SD) (perfect score=no symptoms=22 points); symptom severity score (max=132) | BESS (Balance) total (SD) (perfect score=30 points) | SAC total (SD) (perfect score=30 points) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elementary students | ||||
| Jennings, 2015, USA | (n=71); males; age 10.2 (1.2) years (1) contact sport group = football; baseline = 59, post-season (n=54); non-contact sport group = baseball C baseline n−28; post season (n=13) | (not reported) | Contact group; baseline: 27.39 (2.4); postseason: 27.61 (2.0) Non-contact group: baseline: 27.92 (1.8); postseason 28.31 (1.6) | Contact group: baseline 24.3 (1.9); postseason 25.5 (3.1) Non-contact group: baseline 24.69 (2.2); postseason 24.08 (2.3) |
| Collegiate/adults | ||||
| Hänninen, 2015, Finland | (n=304); males; 25.3 (5.2) years, 16–40 years; 60.1% (n=181) reported one or more previous concussions; average number of concussions sustained prior to testing: 1.2 (1.4), range=0–12; professional male ice hockey players (total in league=427) | 20.5 (2.7) (range 0–21.0) Symptom severity 2.3 (5.2) (range 0–61.0) | 28.0 (2.5) (range 0–20.0) | 27.0 (1.7) (range 19.0–30.0) |
| Galetta, 2015, USA | (n=332; 270m, 62f): 243 youth 5–15 ice hockey and lacrosse leagues; 89 18–23 university athletes) | (not reported) | (not reported) | 26 (range 10–30); youth 26 (range 10–30); collegiate 28 (range 21–30) |
BESS, Balance Error Scoring System; SAC, Standardised Assessment of Concussion.