Concussions among United States high school and collegiate athletes.
By Luke M Gessel, S. K. Fields, C. Collins, R. Dick, R. Comstock. Journal of athletic training, 2007
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Subfields: Emergency Medicine, Epidemiology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
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- Consensus statement on concussion in sport: the 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2012 (2013, result): “There was not unanimous agreement that the current published research evidence is conclusive enough for this to be included as a modifying factor, although it was accepted that gender may be a risk factor for injury and/or influence injury severity.(73-75)”
- American Medical Society for Sports Medicine position statement: concussion in sport (2012, background): “8 million sports-related concussive injuries occur annually in the United States(19) and account for 5% to 9% of all sport injuries.(20,21) Thirty percent of all concussions in individuals between 5 to 19 years of age are sport related and result in a significant number of emergency room visits.”
- The epidemiology of sport-related concussion. (2011, background): “19).(23) Concussions occurring in practice accounted for 4.”
- National Athletic Trainers' Association position statement: management of sport concussion. (2014, background): “…School Reporting Information Online (RIO) indicated that concussions in interscholastic athletes were responsible for 8.9% of all athletic injuries 67 and that the overall concussion incidence rate according to RIO was 0.23 concussions per 1000 athlete exposures, with a game rate of 0.53 and a…”
- Epidemiology of Concussions Among United States High School Athletes in 20 Sports (2012, methodology): “In the United States (US), concussions are a common injury among athletes, with an estimated 300,000 sportsrelated concussions occurring annually.(10,20,22) Concussion has been broadly defined as a trauma-induced alteration in mental status that may involve a loss of consciousness.”