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. 2017 Nov 14;48(5):1255–1268. doi: 10.1007/s40279-017-0813-0

Table 2.

Measures of central tendency, reliability, and effect sizes for Level A neurocognitive measures

ImPACT verbal memory n Mean (SD) Median 1st quartile 3rd quartile ICC (lower, upper bound) Cohen’s d
Year 1 3154 87.90 (10.36) 90 81 96 0.50 (0.48–0.53) 0.05
Year 2 88.40 (10.52) 91 82 97
Year 1 505 87.61 (10.78) 90 81 96 0.47 (0.40–0.53) 0.23
Year 3 90.00 (9.93) 93 84 99
ImPACT visual memory n Mean (SD) Median 1st quartile 3rd quartile ICC (lower, upper bound) Cohen’s d
Year 1 3154 78.24 (13.31) 80 70 89 0.58 (0.55–0.60) 0.11
Year 2 79.65 (13.25) 81 72 90
Year 1 505 78.04 (13.36) 80 70 89 0.47 (0.40–0.54) 0.22
Year 3 80.86 (12.84) 82 73 91
ImPACT visual motor speed n Mean (SD) Median 1st quartile 3rd quartile ICC (lower, upper bound) Cohen’s d
Year 1 3154 41.78 (6.47) 42.12 37.17 47.02 0.72 (0.70–0.74) 0.13
Year 2 42.64 (6.42) 43.29 38.2 47.75
Year 1 505 42.11 (6.41) 42.4 37.6 47.08 0.66 (0.61–0.71) 0.22
Year 3 43.47 (5.98) 44.03 39.47 48.22
ImPACT reaction time n Mean (SD) Median 1st quartile 3rd quartile ICC (lower, upper bound) Cohen’s d
Year 1 3149 0.5867 (0.09) 0.57 0.53 0.63 0.47 (0.44–0.50) 0.05
Year 2 0.5828 (0.08) 0.57 0.53 0.62
Year 1 503 0.598 (0.11) 0.57 0.53 0.64 0.34 (0.26–0.42) 0.14
Year 3 0.585 (0.08) 0.58 0.53 0.63
CCAT composite processing speeda n Mean (SD) Median 1st quartile 3rd quartile ICC (lower, upper bound) Cohen’s d
Year 1 447 102.76 (6.11) 103.8 100.1 106.5 0.49 (0.41–0.55) 0.09
Year 2 103.31 (5.86) 104.2 100.9 107
CCAT composite attentiona n Mean (SD) Median 1st quartile 3rd quartile ICC (lower, upper bound) Cohen’s d
Year 1 448 106.39 (4.71) 107 103.8 109.82 0.56 (0.49–0.62) 0.01
Year 2 106.36 (5.24) 106.9 103.3 109.82
CCAT composite learninga n Mean (SD) Median 1st quartile 3rd quartile ICC (lower, upper bound) Cohen’s d
Year 1 446 104.64 (10.25) 103.7 98.2 111.2 0.54 (0.47–0.6) 0.28
Year 2 107.46 (10.12) 107.3 100.73 115.3
CCAT working memory speed: speeda n Mean (SD) Median 1st quartile 3rd quartile ICC (lower, upper bound) Cohen’s d
Year 1 448 103.52 (6.15) 104 99.38 107.8 0.59 (0.53–0.65) 0.15
Year 2 104.47 (6.1) 104.5 100.57 108.5

CCAT computerized concussion assessment tool, ICC intraclass correlation coefficient, ImPACT immediate post-concussion assessment and cognitive test, SD standard deviation

aIndicates insufficient sample size to complete the year 1–3 estimates