From: The effect of exercise on baseline SCAT5 performance in male professional Rugby players
Submode | Test condition | n | Change in sub-mode score (Ex–rest, mean (95% CI) | Exercise vs. rest change | LOA | Improved (%) | Worse (%) | No change (%) | Improvement above LOA (%) | Worsened below LOA (%) | Wilcoxon rank sum test p value | Shapiro-Wilk test of normality of change score | Odds ratio (95% CI) for EX changing compared to REST when REST is assessed first |
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Symptom number | Rest first (REST1-EX2) | 542 | 0.1 (− 0.03–0.23) | No change | 3.13 | 14% | 16% | 70% | 2% | 3% | 0.1368 | <0.001 | 2.29 (1.50–3.48), p < 0.001 |
Exercise first (EX1-REST2) | 156 | 0.7 (0.37–1.04)a | Worse | 4.18 | 7% | 28% | 65% | 1% | 8% | < 0.001 | |||
Symptom severity | Rest first | 542 | 0.13 (− 0.07–0.34) | No change | 4.80 | 17% | 17% | 65% | 3% | 4% | 0.5933 | < 0.001 | 2.21 (1.47–3.33), p < 0.001 |
Exercise first | 156 | 1.23 (0.6–1.86)a | Worse | 7.88 | 8% | 28% | 63% | 0% | 4% | < 0.001 | |||
Orientation | Rest first | 542 | 0.04 (0.01–0.07)a | Improve | 0.71 | 9% | 4% | 87% | 9% | 4% | 0.0026 | 0.099 | 0.94 (0.54–1.66), p = 0.842 |
Exercise first | 156 | 0.02 (− 0.05–0.1) | No change | 1.04 | 13% | 10% | 78% | 1% | 1% | 0.641 | |||
Immediate memory | Rest first | 424 | 0.01 (− 0.37–0.4) | No change | 8.09 | 45% | 42% | 13% | 0% | 2% | 0.7589 | 0.258 | 0.76 (0.43–1.31), p = 0.319 |
Exercise first | 63 | 0.38 (− 0.67–1.44) | No change | 8.41 | 54% | 38% | 8% | 2% | 0% | 0.4024 | |||
Delayed recall | Rest first | 424 | 0.01 (− 0.18–0.21) | No change | 4.04 | 39% | 37% | 24% | 1% | 2% | 0.5453 | 0.471 | 0.95 (0.56–1.63), p = 0.864 |
Exercise first | 63 | 0.39 (− 0.1–0.89) | No change | 3.98 | 41% | 37% | 22% | 3% | 0% | 0.2633 | |||
Digits backwards | Rest first | 542 | 0.03 (− 0.03–0.1) | No change | 1.63 | 22% | 19% | 59% | 5% | 4% | 0.2848 | < 0.001 | 1.55 (1.05–2.29), p = 0..026 |
Exercise first | 156 | − 0.17 (− 0.31–-0.04) | No change | 1.67 | 13% | 25% | 62% | 3% | 8% | 0.013 | |||
Concentration | Rest first | 542 | 0.04 (− 0.02–0.12) | No change | 1.70 | 23% | 20% | 57% | 6% | 4% | 0.2827 | 0.011 | 1.77 (1.20–2.60), p = 0.004 |
Exercise first | 156 | − 0.21 (− 0.34–-0.07)a | Worse | 1.71 | 13% | 28% | 59% | 3% | 8% | 0.0043 | |||
Tandem gait | Rest first | 541 | − 0.51 (− 0.62–-0.39)a | Improve | 2.72 | 50% | 22% | 28% | 1% | 1% | < 0.0001 | 0.005 | 1.69 (1.16–2.44), p = 0.006 |
Exercise first | 156 | 0.08 (− 0.16–0.33) | No change | 3.11 | 35% | 33% | 33% | 1% | 3% | 0.7602 | |||
Double leg balance | Rest first | 542 | − 0.01 (− 0.03–0.01) | No change | 0.55 | 1% | 1% | 98% | 1% | 1% | 0.5245 | < 0.001 | 1.18 (0.28–4.96), p = 0.824 |
Exercise first | 156 | 0 (− 0.03–0.03) | No change | 0.39 | 1% | 1% | 98% | 1% | 1% | 0.5686 | |||
Single leg balance | Rest first | 542 | 0.34 (0.17–0.51)a | Worse | 4.07 | 28% | 43% | 29% | 3% | 3% | < 0.0001 | < 0.001 | 0.80 (0.56–1.15), p = 0.233 |
Exercise first | 156 | 0.48 (0.12–0.84)a | Worse | 4.47 | 29% | 38% | 33% | 3% | 5% | 0.0268 | |||
Tandem stance balance | Rest first | 542 | 0.15 (0.02–0.27) | No change | 2.91 | 22% | 28% | 51% | 3% | 3% | 0.0086 | < 0.001 | 0.80 (0.55–1.17), p = 0.255 |
Exercise first | 156 | 0.12 (− 0.11–0.37) | No change | 3.08 | 25% | 29% | 46% | 4% | 1% | 0.1519 | |||
Total balance score | Rest first | 542 | 0.48 (0.26–0.7)a | Worse | 5.09 | 29% | 44% | 27% | 2% | 3% | < 0.0001 | < 0.001 | 0.80 (0.55–1.16), p = 0.229 |
Exercise first | 156 | 0.61 (0.13–1.09)a | Worse | 6.04 | 32% | 44% | 24% | 2% | 3% | 0.0115 |