The sensitivity and specificity of clinical measures of sport concussion: three tests are better than one

Jacob E. Resch, Cathleen N. Brown, Julianne D. Schmidt, Stephen N. Macciocchi, Damond Blueitt, C. Munro Cullum, Michael S. Ferrara

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine · 2016 · 102 citations · 42 references

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Abstract

Our results support a multidimensional approach to assess SC in college athletes which correctly identified 80-100% of concussed participants as injured. When each test was evaluated separately, up to 47.5% of our sample was misclassified. Caution is warranted when using singular measures to manage SC.

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