Table 3.
Results of statistical t tests between concussed and uninjured athletes.
Resultant linear Acceleration (g) | Resultant angular Velocity (rad/s) | Resultant Angular acceleration (rad/s2) | Corpus Callosum | Thalamus | Mid Brain | Brain Stem | Tresca shear stress in corpus callosum kPa | Strain rate in corpus callosum s−1 | |
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Strain | |||||||||
Competition concussed | 86.7 | 24.0 | 7561 | 0.27 | 0.24 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 16.87 | 54.40 |
Standard deviation concussed | 21.0 | 4.7 | 1825 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 3.57 | 13.70 |
Average uninjured | 56.8 | 13.6 | 5169 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 7.98 | 45.05 |
Standard deviation uninjured | 21.6 | 10.7 | 3843 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 3.94 | 38.40 |
Difference in averages | 52.7% | 76.7% | 46.3% | 87.9% | 75.0% | 68.1% | 71.2% | 111.4% | 20.8% |
T value | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 0.5 |
p value | .034 | .1 | .245 | .033 | .066 | .067 | .049 | .005 | .619 |
Effect size (d) | 1.40 | 1.26 | 0.80 | 1.51 | 1.36 | 1.37 | 1.49 | 2.36 | 0.32 |
NB: Significant differences (p < .05) are bolded