Glassbrook, Daniel J., Chazot, Paul L. and Hind, Karen (2025). Precision of the Integrated Cognitive Assessment for the assessment of neurocognitive performance in athletes. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult ,
Abstract
This study investigated the precision of the Integrated Cognitive Assessment (ICA; Cognetivity Neurosciences Ltd., Vancouver, Canada) test for the assessment of information processing ability in athletes. Thirty-one participants took part in this study. Participants were eligible if they were a current contact sport or non-contact sport athlete, aged 18-40 years, and healthy; having no underlying medical issues that affect participation in sport. Participants were excluded if they were injured, pregnant, or suffering from post-concussion syndrome. Participants performed the ICA test consecutively both before and after a normal training session to simulate resting and post-sport conditions. Precision errors, relationships (Pearson’s r), and internal consistency (Cronbach’s Alpha) were calculated for three variables, ICA Index (overall information processing ability), ICA Speed (information processing speed) and ICA Accuracy (information processing accuracy). ICA precision errors [root mean squared-standard deviation, RMS-SD (coefficient of variation, %CV)] pre-sport were: ICA Index: 5.18 (7.14%), ICA Speed: 3.98 (4.64%), and ICA Accuracy: 3.64 (5.00%); and post-sport were ICA Index: 3.96 (4.94%), ICA Speed: 2.14 (2.32%), and ICA Accuracy 3.40 (4.25%). The ICA test demonstrates high in-vivo precision with all variables except ICA Index (7.14%) demonstrating an acceptable precision error of ≤5% %CV.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2025.2464884 |
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Divisions: | College of Engineering & Physical Sciences College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Engineering and Technology |
Funding Information: | This study was funded by My Sports Wellbeing. |
Additional Information: | Copyright © 2025 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an open Access article distributed under the terms of the creative commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. the terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Contact sport,information processing,non-contact sport,rapid categorisation task,reaction time,reliability,Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology,Developmental and Educational Psychology |
Publication ISSN: | 2327-9109 |
Data Access Statement: | The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study<br/>are available in the figshare repository: https://figshare.com/articles/<br/>dataset/ICA_Precision_Raw_Data_xlsx/22211644. |
Last Modified: | 06 Aug 2025 16:31 |
Date Deposited: | 06 Aug 2025 16:31 |
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Published Date: | 2025-02-15 |
Published Online Date: | 2025-02-15 |
Accepted Date: | 2025-02-01 |
Authors: |
Glassbrook, Daniel J.
(![]() Chazot, Paul L. Hind, Karen |