Student Athletes’ Perceptions of Concussions through Media Consumption

High school athletes and concussions.

The prevalence of undiagnosed concussions in athletes.

OBJECTIVE Previous studies suggest athletes underreport concussions. We sought to determine whether athletes in our clinics have sustained previous concussions that went undiagnosed. DESIGN Multicentered cross sectional study. SETTING Two sport concussion clinics. PATIENTS Patients diagnosed with sport-related concussions or concussions with injury mechanisms and forces similar to those o...

Sex Differences and the Incidence of Concussions Among Collegiate Athletes.

OBJECTIVE: To compare sex differences regarding the incidence of concussions among collegiate athletes during the 1997-1998, 1998-1999, and 1999-2000 seasons. DESIGN AND SETTING: A cohort study of collegiate athletes using the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Injury Surveillance System; certified athletic trainers recorded data during the 1997-2000 academic years. SUBJECTS: Colle...

Working memory capacity among collegiate student athletes: effects of sport-related head contacts, concussions, and working memory demands.

OBJECTIVE To measure working memory capacity among a cohort of collegiate athletes and to compare results between athletes competing in head-contact-prone sports with those not subject to repeated head contacts. A secondary objective was to determine the effect of sport-related concussion on working memory capacity. DESIGN Ambidirectional cohort study. SETTING Athletics department at an Ame...

Concussions among United States high school and collegiate athletes.

CONTEXT An estimated 300,000 sport-related traumatic brain injuries, predominantly concussions, occur annually in the United States. Sports are second only to motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of traumatic brain injury among people aged 15 to 24 years. OBJECTIVE To investigate the epidemiology of concussions in a nationally representative sample of high school athletes and to compare...