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Table 6 Parameter reference range for healthy controls versus children with concussion history

From: Do children and adolescent ice hockey players with and without a history of concussion differ in robotic testing of sensory, motor and cognitive function?

Visually guided reach

Reference range: R

History of concussion parameter means: R (Std)

Reference range: L

History of concussion parameter means: L (Std)

 Posture speed (m/s)

0.00074–0.00562

0.003 (0.001)

0.00105–0.00625

0.004 (0.002)

 Reaction time (s)

0.207–0.332

0.265 (0.031)

0.214–0.330

0.269 (0.035)

 Initial direction error (rad)

0.0197–0.0887

0.048 (0.019)

0.01972–0.0792

0.047 (0.014)

 Initial distance ratio

0.6771–1

0.867 (0.09)

0.8258–1

0.885 (0.076)

 Initial speed ratio

0.9044–1

0.969 (0.029)

0.9182–1

0.972 (0.031)

 Speed maxima count

1.5526–3.2000

2.550 (0.487)

1.525–2.974

2.374 (0.380)

 Minimum maximum speed difference (m/s)

0.00503–0.0330

0.017 (0.008)

0.00531–0.03428

0.018 (0.009)

 Movement time (s)

0.7665–1.388

1.097 (0.192)

0.694–1.297

1.064 (0.134)

 Path length ratio

1.0422–1.2892

1.152 (0.071)

1.0511–1.3345

1.181 (0.095)

 Max speed (m/s)

0.16405–0.52206

0.258 (0.074)

0.1856–0.6092

0.269 (0.080)

Arm position matching

Reference range

History of concussion parameter means: R (Std)

Reference range

History of concussion parameter means: L (Std)

 Variability X (m)

0.0139–0.0861

0.047(0.028)

0.0163–0.1017

0.042(0.027)

 Variability Y (m)

0.0058–0.0287

0.019(0.010)

0.0075–0.0331

0.017(0.008)

 Variability XY (m)

0.0178–0.08892

0.052 (0.028)

0.0189–0.1060

0.045 (0.027)

 Contraction/expansion ratio X

0.2313–1.300

0.913(0.312)

0.1979–1.3720

0.952(0.233)

 Contraction/expansion ratio Y

0.7658–1.1623

0.983(0.130)

0.8136–1.1636

0.976(0.119)

 Contraction/expansion ratio XY

0.2489–1.4161

0.918 (0.353)

0.1601–1.4422

0.944 (0.278)

 Shift X (m)

−0.1200–0.0596

−0.030(0.059)

−0.123–0.052

−0.022(0.067)

 Shift Y (m)

−0.0377–0.02391

−0.006(0.022)

−0.03992–0.01962

−0.009(0.018)

 Shift XY (m)

0.00866–0.29611

0.052 (0.046)

0.01205–0.2531

0.050 (0.053)

 Absolute Error X

0.0135–0.1655

0.067(0.040)

0.0187–0.1659

0.063(0.059)

 Absolute Error Y

0.0061–0.0372

0.024(0.015)

0.0076–0.0399

0.022(0.016)

 Absolute Error XY

0.02033–0.16927

0.076 (0.050)

0.0259–0.1698

0.071 (0.060)

Object hit

Reference range

History of concussion parameter means (Std)

NA

NA

 Total hits

120–216

160 (27)

NA

NA

 Hits with left

50–116

72 (14)

NA

NA

 Hit with right

62–118

88 (18)

NA

NA

 Hand bias hits

−0.1579–0.2814

0.096 (0.107)

NA

NA

 Miss bias

−0.0556–0.0665

−0.006 (0.034)

NA

NA

 Hand transition

−0.0764–0.0504

−0.016 (0.033)

NA

NA

 Hand selection overlap

0.0779–0.3009

0.151 (0.042)

NA

NA

 Median error

50–63

59 (3)

NA

NA

 Hand speed L (m/s)

0.2073–0.5849

0.299 (0.069)

NA

NA

 Hand speed R (m/s)

0.2330–0.5848

0.335 (0.086)

NA

NA

 Hand speed bias

−0.1545–0.2024

0.052 (0.82)

NA

NA

 Movement area L (m^2)

0.0871–0.2021

0.127 (0.029)

NA

NA

 Movement area R (m^2)

0.0951–0.2155

0.139 (0.031)

NA

NA

 Movement area bias

−0.1163–0.3828

0.044 (0.076)

NA

NA

Object hit & avoid

Reference range

History of concussion parameter means (Std)

NA

NA

 Total hits

77–159

108 (19)

NA

NA

 Hits with left

31–74

51 (10)

NA

NA

 Hit with right

39–88

57 (12)

NA

NA

 Miss bias

−0.0667–0.0664

0.006 (0.033)

NA

NA

 Hand transition

−0.0923–0.0528

−0.020 (0.037)

NA

NA

 Hand selection overlap

0.0430–0.2344

0.104 (0.039)

NA

NA

 Median error

43–67

60 (6)

NA

NA

 Hand speed L (m/s)

0.1469–0.4088

0.236 (0.053)

NA

NA

 Hand speed R (m/s)

0.1506–0.4443

0.253 (0.066)

NA

NA

 Movement area L (m^2)

0.0797–0.1933

0.120 (0.028)

NA

NA

 Movement area R (m^2)

0.0866–0.2112

0.125 (0.029)

NA

NA

 Distractor hits L

0–16

7 (4)

NA

NA

 Distractor hits R

0–16

7 (5)

NA

NA

 Distractor hits total

0–31

14 (9)

NA

NA

Trail Making B

Reference range

History of concussion parameter means (Std)

NA

NA

 Total time (s)

24–92

60 (21)

NA

NA

 Dwell time (s)

9–49

30 (11)

NA

NA

 Time ratio

0.3551–1.7837

1.1 (0.43)

NA

NA

 Error count

0–6

2 (2)

NA

NA

  1. Summary of the healthy control reference range for parameters from the five KINARM robot tasks compared to parameter means from children/adolescents with a history of concussion (NA not applicable)