Unreported concussion in high school football players: implications for prevention
| Autor: | Gary Olsen, Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Peter D. Leo, Thomas A. Hammeke, Michael McCrea |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Adolescent Second-impact syndrome Football Poison control Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Health Promotion Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Wisconsin Injury prevention Concussion Prevalence Medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Brain Concussion Retrospective Studies business.industry Head injury Human factors and ergonomics medicine.disease Health Surveys Athletic Injuries Physical therapy business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine. 14(1) |
| ISSN: | 1050-642X |
| Popis: | To investigate the frequency of unreported concussion and estimate more accurately the overall rate of concussion in high school football players.Retrospective, confidential survey completed by all subjects at the end of the football season.A total of 1,532 varsity football players from 20 high schools in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, area were surveyed.The structured survey assessed (1) number of concussions before the current season, (2) number of concussions sustained during the current season, (3) whether concussion during the current season was reported, (4) to whom concussion was reported, and (5) reasons for not reporting concussion.Of respondents, 29.9% reported a previous history of concussion, and 15.3% reported sustaining a concussion during the current football season; of those, 47.3% reported their injury. Concussions were reported most frequently to a certified athletic trainer (76.7% of reported injuries). The most common reasons for concussion not being reported included a player not thinking the injury was serious enough to warrant medical attention (66.4% of unreported injuries), motivation not to be withheld from competition (41.0%), and lack of awareness of probable concussion (36.1%).These findings reflect a higher prevalence of concussion in high school football players than previously reported in the literature. The ultimate concern associated with unreported concussion is an athlete's increased risk of cumulative or catastrophic effects from recurrent injury. Future prevention initiatives should focus on education to improve athlete awareness of the signs of concussion and potential risks of unreported injury. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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