Table 4.
Comparison of athletes with concussion to healthy athletes on saccadic parameters. P-values represent Mann-Whitney U results. Sample sizes below each variable represent the number of non-concussed and number of concussed, respectively, individuals in each analysis, representing the number of individuals from each group who could complete the task.
| Saccadic Parameter | Non-concussed Median |
Non-concussed Range |
Concussed Median |
Concussed Range |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictive Task | |||||
| Percent Predicted (%) (n=85 vs n=26) |
48.5 | 0 - 94.1 | 47.1 | 0 - 100 | .50 |
| First Predicted (#) (n=85 vs n=26) |
4 | 2 - 17 | 5 | 1 - 16 | .34 |
| Horizontal Random Task | |||||
| Primary Accuracy (%) (n=85 vs n=26) |
91.3 | 81.6 - 119.6 | 89.2 | 67.0 - 108.0 | .04* |
| Final Accuracy (%) (n=85 vs n=26) |
95.3 | 72.3 - 120.1 | 94.6 | 72.9 - 104.5 | .04* |
| Latency (ms) (n=85 vs n=26) |
180 | 140 - 280 | 200 | 160 - 370 | .02* |
| Vertical Random Task | |||||
| Primary Accuracy (%) (n=85 vs n=26) |
95.4 | 77.7 - 130.7 | 91.3 | 56.0 - 118.4 | .03* |
| Final Accuracy (%) (n=85 vs n=26) |
95.4 | 76.1 - 151.0 | 92.9 | 70.6 - 116.1 | .04* |
| Latency (ms) (n=85 vs n=26) |
190 | 150 - 310 | 210 | 170 - 470 | .01* |
| Anti-saccadic Task | |||||
| Errors (%) (n=80 vs n=25) |
50.0 | 6.3 - 100.0 | 62.5 | 12.5 - 81.25 | .20 |
% = Percentage (Accuracies can be >100 if participant overshot laser target stimulus)
Bolded = Statistically significant at alpha < .05
= One-tailed Mann-Whitney U P-value due to hypothesis that concussed individuals would perform worse