A five-year clinical audit of concussive injuries in South African collegiate male rugby players—a South African experience
| Autor: | E W Derman, Riaan van Tonder, Pierre L. Viviers, Lindsay Starling, Lovemore Kunorozva, James Brown |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Clinical audit
medicine.medical_specialty Sports medicine biology business.industry Athletes Public health Head injury 030229 sport sciences 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology medicine.disease biology.organism_classification 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Concussion Cohort medicine Physical therapy Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Cumulative incidence business |
| Zdroj: | Sport Sciences for Health. 17:1007-1015 |
| ISSN: | 1825-1234 1824-7490 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11332-021-00768-1 |
| Popis: | Sports-related concussion (SRC) is a common injury mostly in contact sports. Specifically, it is a public health concern for collegiate rugby athletes because at least one concussion is reported in every two games and concussion has been reported to increase the risk of developing neuro-degenerative disorders later in life. To clinically audit concussions to examine commonly reported signs/symptoms in the Sports Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT). Retrospective audit of a South African University health services medical electronic records database for all concussion International Classification of Diseases 10 (ICD10) diagnoses codes: S06.0, S06.00 and S06.01 in 367 rugby players (age 24.6 ± 4.3, height 1.8 ± 0.1 and weight; 90.7 ± 14.4) for the period 2013–2018. SCAT data was obtained for 70% of the 434 concussions. Headache (57%), “pressure in head” (56%), feeling slowed down (55%) and fatigue/low energy (54%) were the most frequently reported concussion symptoms on the SCAT. A significant reduction in the serial SCAT symptom (p |
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