The Role of Level of Play in Concussions in High School Athletes.

Autor: Waltzman D; Division of Injury Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (Drs Waltzman, DePadilla, and Breiding); Colorado School of Public Health, and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado (Dr Pierpoint); and Datalys Center for Sports Injury Research and Prevention, Inc, Indianapolis, Indiana (Dr Collins)., DePadilla L, Breiding M, Pierpoint L, Collins C
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP [J Public Health Manag Pract] 2024 Jan-Feb 01; Vol. 30 (1), pp. 99-110. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 09.
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001791
Abstrakt: Objectives: To examine level of play (LOP) as a risk factor for concussion severity and recovery-related outcomes among high school athletes, stratified by sex, and among boys, by sport (football, non-football male sports).
Design/setting: Secondary analysis of data collected through the High School Reporting Information Online surveillance system for academic years 2007-2008 through 2018-2019.
Participants: A total of 9916 concussions were reported between the academic years 2007-2008 and 2018-2019 from 9 sports (5189 from football; 2096 from non-football male sports; 2631 from female sports).
Main Outcome Measure: Examined the association between LOP (Freshman, Junior Varsity [JV], and Varsity teams) and concussion outcomes (number of concussion symptoms, symptom resolution time [SRT], and time to return to play [RTP]).
Results: Compared with Varsity football athletes, concussed JV football athletes had on average 0.19 fewer concussion symptoms, longer SRT (>1 week vs <1 week: odds ratio [OR] = 1.3; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.1-1.5), and longer RTP (1-3 weeks vs <1 week: OR = 1.5; 95% CI, 1.2-1.9; >3 weeks vs <1 week: OR = 1.6; 95% CI, 1.1-2.3). Compared with Varsity football athletes, Freshman football athletes had on average 0.48 fewer concussion symptoms, longer SRT (OR = 1.3; 95% CI, 1.1-1.5), and longer RTP (1-3 weeks vs <1 week: OR = 1.5; 95% CI, 1.1-2.0; >3 weeks vs <1 week: OR = 2.0; 95% CI, 1.3-3.0). Similarly, compared with female athletes on Varsity teams, concussed JV female athletes had longer RTP (1-3 weeks vs <1 week: OR = 1.8; 95% CI, 1.2-2.7). Trend analyses revealed an increase in the number of concussion symptoms between 2015-2016 and 2018-2019, a decrease between 2009-2010 and 2018-2019 for SRT of less than 1 week, and an increase between 2014-2015 and 2018-2019 for RTP of less than 1 week among Varsity football athletes. Among Varsity female athletes, there was a linear decrease during the study period for RTP of less than 1 week.
Conclusions: Despite a higher number of symptoms overall and in recent years, Varsity football players had shorter RTP than Freshman and JV athletes.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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Databáze: MEDLINE