Mechanisms of injury leading to concussions in collegiate soccer players: a CARE Consortium Study - Jo J, Boltz AJ, Williams KL, Pasquina PF, McAllister TW, McCrea MA, Broglio SP, Zuckerman SL, Terry DP, Arbogast K, Benjamin HJ, Brooks A, Cameron KL, Chrisman SPD, Clugston JR, Collins M, Difiori J, Eckner JT, Estevez C, Feigenbaum LA, Goldman JT, Hoy A, Kaminski TW, Kelly LA, Kontos AP, Langford D, Lintner LJ, Master CL, McDevitt J, McGinty G, Miles C, Ortega J, Port N, Rowson S, Schmidt J, Susmarski A, Svoboda S.
BACKGROUND: Few previous studies have investigated how different injury mechanisms leading to sport-related concussion (SRC) in soccer may affect outcomes. PURPOSE: To describe injury mechanisms and evaluate injury mechanisms as predictors of sympt... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Mechanical and contractile properties of knee joint muscles after sports-related concussions in women footballers - Kakavas G, Tsiokanos A, Potoupnis M, Tsaklis PV.
The purpose of this study was to determine if women footballers have an increased lack of neuromuscular control of the knee joint after a concussion compared to a healthy cohort tested with tensiomyography (TMG). Forty-one female collegiate footballers wer... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Recreational and Sports Issues Source Type: news
Variables Associated with days of school missed following concussion: results from the Sport Concussion Outcomes in PEdiatrics (SCOPE) study - Roberts J, Wilson JC, Halstead ME, Miller SM, Santana JA, Valovich McLeod TC, Zaslow TL, Master CL, Grady MF, Snedden TR, Fazekas ML, Coel RA, Howell DR.
OBJECTIVE: To understand factors associated with missed academic time after concussion to improve support for patients. Our goal was to assess patient-specific predictors of total school time lost after pediatric/adolescent concussion. STUDY DESIGN: We per... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Recreational and Sports Issues Source Type: news
Comparing return to play protocols after sports related concussion among international sporting organisations - Prock M, O'Sullivan DM, Tiernan S.
BACKGROUND: Return to play (RTP) protocols are an important part of recovery management following a sport related concussion (SRC) and can prevent athletes from returning to competition too early and thereby avoid prolonged recovery times. To assist sporti... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
The Internet Has Made Health Anxiety Worse Than Ever
“Don’t google your cancer,” the oncology nurse said to me as she drew my blood ahead of my first round of chemotherapy. It was 2006 and I was 17 years old. I was very confused by the emphasis she put on this advice. Still, I took the print-out of “safe” web addresses she gave me home and pinned it on the noticeboard in the kitchen, where it stayed, ignored, as I slowly progressed through six months of cancer treatment.
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I was confused because the opportunities for me to use the internet to research my recent diagnosis of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma,...
Source: TIME: Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Caroline Crampton Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Legendary rugby league star Wally Lewis appeals for concussion and CTE awareness support
A legendary rugby player has cited the fear and anxiety that has invaded his life among the reasons for urging the Australian government to fund support services and education about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Case characterization and perceptions of athletic trainers regarding medical disqualification following concussion - Rawlins MLW, McLeod TCV, Detwiler K, Schmidt JD.
CONTEXT: Medical disqualification (MDQ) following concussion is a challenging decision clinicians may encounter with little evidence-based guidance. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to 1) describe the MDQ following concussion cases athletic trainers (ATs) have ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Recreational and Sports Issues Source Type: news
Tackle risk factors for head injury assessments (HIAs) in sub-elite rugby league and recommendations for prevention: head contacts from upright tackles increase the HIA risk to both ball carrier and tackler - Lang MA, Tucker R, Edwards S, Iverson GL, Gardner AJ.
This study aims to replicate the work conducted in professional rugby league and rugby union by examining Head Inj... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Applicability and clinical utility of the German Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire in proxies of children after traumatic brain injury: an instrument validation study - Bockhop F, Greving S, Zeldovich M, Krenz U, Cunitz K, Timmermann D, Kieslich M, Andelic N, Buchheim A, Koerte IK, Roediger M, Brockmann K, Bonfert MV, Berweck S, Lendt M, Staebler M, von Steinbuechel N.
In this study, we examined the psyc... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The search for blood-biomarkers of persistent post-concussion symptoms - Meier TB.
Prolonged symptoms following concussion, commonly called persistent post-concussion symptoms (PPCS), are a major public health burden that occur in up to an estimated 30% of all individuals that experience a concussion (a form of mild traumatic brain injur... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on baseline concussion symptom assessments among adolescents - Rivera DK, Brown J, Bay RC, Valovich McLeod TC.
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the cancellation of high school sports in spring 2020, a modified resumption of sports in the 2020-2021 academic year, and a return to pre-pandemic sports in 2021-2022. This cancellation had a major impact on ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 17, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Use of the concussion check protocol for concussion assessment in a female soccer team over two consecutive seasons in New Zealand - King D, Hume P, Clark T, Wethe J.
AIM: Address deficiencies in access to sports sideline medical care by using a Concussion Check Protocol (CCP) for non-medically-trained people. METHOD: A prospective observational cohort study was undertaken on a single amateur female club-based s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Young Adults Source Type: news
A proposed mechanism for visual vertigo: post-concussion patients have higher gain from visual input into subcortical gaze stabilization - Frattini D, Ros én N, Wibble T.
PURPOSE: Post-concussion syndrome (PCS) is commonly associated with dizziness and visual motion sensitivity. This case-control study set out to explore altered motion processing in PCS by measuring gaze stabilization as a reflection of the capacity of the ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Advancing concussion research - follow the yellow brick road [editorial] - Reinsberger C, Gardner AJ.
For more than two decades scientific research has informed the management of sport-related concussion (SRC) and contributed to many recent changes in the diagnosis and treatment of SRC. The latest publications by the Concussion in Sport Group offer compreh... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Commentary Source Type: news
A grounded theory of youth athlete concussion under-reporting decisions - Pennock K, Tamminen K, McKenzie B, Mainwaring L.
BACKGROUND: Sport-related concussions leave youth vulnerable to significant health, physical, social, and educational disruptions. Many youth athletes under-report concussions, but the scope of the issue for this population is not well understood, nor are ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
