Table 1.
ImPACT Modules and Composite Scores
| Module |
Cognitive Domain Evaluated |
| Word memory | Attentional processes, verbal recognition memory |
| Design memory | Attentional processes, visual recognition memory |
| X's and O's | Visual working memory, visual processing speed, and visual memory |
| Symbol match | Visual processing speed, learning, and memory |
| Color match | Impulse control, response inhibition |
| 3 letters | Working memory and visual-motor response speed |
| Composite score | Module(s) averaged |
| Verbal memory | Word memory, symbol match, and 3 letters (percentage correct) |
| Visual memory | Design memory (total percentage correct score) and X's and O's (total correct memory score) |
| Visual motor (processing) speed | X's and O's (total number correct: 4 during interference) and 3 letters (average counted correctly × 3 from countdown phase) |
| Reaction time | X's and O's (average correct reaction time of interference stage), symbol match (average correct reaction time/3) and color match (average correct reaction time) |
| Impulse control | X's and O's (total errors on the interference phase) and color match (total commissions) |
| Total symptom | Total for all 22-symptom descriptors (ie, headache, vomiting, dizziness). A complete list of symptoms can be found in the ImPACT clinical interpretation manual.3 |
Abbreviation: ImPACT, Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing.