HQ BaselinePost-injury comparison
See where it changed, not just that it changed.
Post-injury vs. baseline isn't one number. Concussions affect cognitive, vestibular, ocular, and cervical systems differently. HQ maps PCSS symptoms to those four subtypes and shows you a radar — so you know where to direct rehab from day one.
What the comparison shows
After a suspected concussion, the athlete retakes the HQ Baseline battery on the sideline or in the clinic. The dashboard produces a side-by-side view of the personal baseline and the post-injury test across every module: orientation, memory, concentration, mBESS errors, tandem gait times, delayed recall, reaction time, and the symptom (PCSS) profile.
For PCSS specifically, we don’t show a single composite score. We map symptoms to four clinically meaningful subtypes — cognitive (memory, concentration, fog), vestibular (dizziness, balance), ocular (light sensitivity, blurred vision), and cervical (neck pain, headache) — and produce a radar chart showing how far each subtype has shifted from baseline.
Why subtype matters
Research increasingly supports a subtype-directed approach to concussion rehab. A vestibular-dominant concussion benefits from a different rehab plan than a cervical or cognitive one. Subtype radar lets clinicians identify the dominant domain on day one and direct treatment accordingly.
Automatic flags
- Reaction time slower than baseline by a clinically meaningful delta
- mBESS errors above the 95% confidence interval of the baseline
- New or worsened PCSS symptoms since baseline
- Pattern deviations that suggest specific subtypes
Flags are advisory, not diagnostic. Clinical judgment is still the decision-maker. The platform’s job is to surface what matters fast.