TY - JOUR
T1 - Epidemiology of sports-related concussion in seven US high school and collegiate sports
AU - Marshall, Stephen W.
AU - Guskiewicz, Kevin M.
AU - Shankar, Viswanathan
AU - McCrea, Michael
AU - Cantu, Robert C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Marshall et al.
PY - 2015/12/17
Y1 - 2015/12/17
N2 - Background: The epidemiology of sports-related concussion is not well-described in the literature. This paper presents a descriptive epidemiology of concussion in seven high school and collegiate sports. Methods: We used the data from Concussion Prevention Initiative (CPI), which enrolled 8905 athletes at 210 high schools and 26 colleges in a prospective cohort study of 7 sports (football, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s lacrosse, and men’s and women’s ice hockey) between 1999 and 2001. Injury risks and injury rates were used to characterize the incidence of concussion, and changes in symptoms over time were described. Results: A total of 375 concussions were observed. The incidence of concussion was highest in football, followed by women’s lacrosse, men’s lacrosse, men’s soccer, and women’s soccer (only 10 ice hockey teams were included, too few to quantify incidence). The rate of incident concussion was strongly associated with history of concussion in the previous 24 months (rate ratio = 5.5; 95 %CI: 3.9, 7.8, for 2 or more concussions relative to no previous concussion). The most common symptoms at time of injury were headache (87 %), balance problems/dizziness (77 %), and feeling “in a fog” (62 %). Loss of consciousness and amnesia were present in relatively few cases (9 and 30 %). The most common mechanism of injury was collision with another player. Conclusions: Sports-related concussions present with a diverse range of symptoms and are associated with previous concussion history.
AB - Background: The epidemiology of sports-related concussion is not well-described in the literature. This paper presents a descriptive epidemiology of concussion in seven high school and collegiate sports. Methods: We used the data from Concussion Prevention Initiative (CPI), which enrolled 8905 athletes at 210 high schools and 26 colleges in a prospective cohort study of 7 sports (football, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s lacrosse, and men’s and women’s ice hockey) between 1999 and 2001. Injury risks and injury rates were used to characterize the incidence of concussion, and changes in symptoms over time were described. Results: A total of 375 concussions were observed. The incidence of concussion was highest in football, followed by women’s lacrosse, men’s lacrosse, men’s soccer, and women’s soccer (only 10 ice hockey teams were included, too few to quantify incidence). The rate of incident concussion was strongly associated with history of concussion in the previous 24 months (rate ratio = 5.5; 95 %CI: 3.9, 7.8, for 2 or more concussions relative to no previous concussion). The most common symptoms at time of injury were headache (87 %), balance problems/dizziness (77 %), and feeling “in a fog” (62 %). Loss of consciousness and amnesia were present in relatively few cases (9 and 30 %). The most common mechanism of injury was collision with another player. Conclusions: Sports-related concussions present with a diverse range of symptoms and are associated with previous concussion history.
KW - Football
KW - Head injury
KW - Lacrosse
KW - Soccer
KW - Traumatic brain injury
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U2 - 10.1186/s40621-015-0045-4
DO - 10.1186/s40621-015-0045-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84977938775
SN - 2197-1714
VL - 2
JO - Injury Epidemiology
JF - Injury Epidemiology
IS - 1
M1 - 13
ER -