Prevalence of Acute Neck Pain Following Sports-Related Concussion in High School Athletes

Objectives: To explore the prevalence of acute neck pain in high school athletes following sports-related concussion (SRC) and to examine the role of acute neck pain in modifying or amplifying concurrent concussive symptoms. Design: Retrospective observational. Setting: High school sporting events. Participants: High school athletes who suffered a sports-related concussion between the 2011 and 2019 academic years academic years from the National Athletic Treatment, Injury and Outcomes Network (NATION) Study. Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures: Prevalence of neck pain (yes/no) along with 33 other commonly reported concussion symptoms, number of symptoms reported, mechanism of injury (contact with person/surface or object), sport type (contact/noncontact), and injury history (first time/repeated injury). Results: One hundred thirty-eight of 401 athletes (33.9%) indicated acute neck pain following SRC. Those with neck pain reported significantly more symptoms overall (M = 13.53, SD = 6.89) relative to their non–neck pain counterparts (M = 8.46, SD = 5.68; t [191.35] = 7.11, P
Source: Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine - Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Original Research Source Type: research