Table 2.

Clinical Measures at 24–48 h Post-Concussion

	Contact control (n = 28)	Concussed (n = 30)
Measure	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	p valuea
Clinical assessments
Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI)	0.79 ± 1.57	6.50 ± 7.61b	0.002
BSI-Soma	0.46 ± 1.04	2.69 ± 2.57b	0.0003
BSI-Anxiety	0.25 ± 0.70	1.92 ± 2.91b	0.03
BSI-Depression	0.07 ± 0.262	1.88 ± 3.01b	0.003
Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC)	27.71 ± 1.84	26.81 ± 2.54b	0.059
Sport Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT)
Symptom Score	2.03 ± 3.26	9.34 ± 7.33c	<10−4
Symptom Severity Score	2.86 ± 4.63	22.79 ± 25.57c	<10−4
Balance Error Scoring System (BESS)	11.57 ± 6.56	16.14 ± 11.97b	0.017

Bold funds indicate significant different between the contact sport control and concussed group.

^aTwo-tailed Student's t-test adjusted for pre-season baseline scores.

^bn = 26.

^cn = 29.

SD, standard deviation.