Observational studyJAMA pediatrics2015
Factors Associated With Concussion-like Symptom Reporting in High School Athletes.
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85 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 251 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic Review of Pre-injury Migraines as a Vulnerability Factor for Worse Outcome Following Sport-Related Concussion.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Pooled it
- Predictors of clinical recovery from concussion: a systematic review.British journal of sports medicine · 2017Pooled it
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- Memory Perfectionism is Associated with Persistent Memory Complaints after Concussion.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2022Trial
- Influence of Aerobic Exercise Volume on Postconcussion Symptoms.The American journal of sports medicine · 2021Trial
- Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussion: Modern Pathophysiological Insights, Diagnostic Advances, and Active Management Protocols.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- Recovery from Sport-Related Concussion in Athletes with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: a Systematic Review.Neuropsychology review · 2026Review
- Clinical Cut Point for the Postconcussion Symptom Inventory Following Adolescent Concussion.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2026Article
- Individual characteristics associated with youth symptom reports and persisting symptoms after concussion.Journal of neuropsychology · 2026Article
- Prevalence of post-concussion-like symptoms in children and adolescents in Germany: a cross-sectional study.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Rumination, but Not Reflection, Predicts the Reporting of Post-concussive Symptoms in a Non-clinical Sample.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2026Article
- Normative Data for a Multi-Domain Concussion Assessment in the Female Community Sport of Ladies Gaelic Football.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Association Between Age of First Exposure to American Football at a Young Age and Later-Life Health Issues in Healthy, Community-Dwelling Adults.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Investigating the Association of Concussion and Contact Sport Exposure History With Brain Microstructure Using Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping.Human brain mapping · 2025Article
- Blood-based biomarkers suggest prolonged axonal Injury following pediatric mild traumatic brain injury.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Impact of Sex and Pubertal Development on Anxiety in Adolescents After Concussion.Journal of neurotrauma · 2024Article
- The Sport Concussion Assessment Tool: A multidimensional symptom model for detecting elevated post-concussion symptoms.The Clinical neuropsychologist · 2024Article
- The role of concussion history and biological sex on baseline concussion clinical profile symptoms in adolescent rugby players.Irish journal of medical science · 2024Article
- Sensor-Assisted Analysis of Autonomic and Cerebrovascular Dysregulation following Concussion in an Individual with a History of Ten Concussions: A Case Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Optimizing the Combination of Common Clinical Concussion Batteries to Predict Persistent Postconcussion Symptoms in a Prospective Cohort of Concussed Youth.The American journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
importanceEvery state in the United States has passed legislation for sport-related concussion, making this health issue important for physicians and other health care professionals. Safely returning athletes to sport after concussion relies on accurately determining when their symptoms resolve.
objectiveTo evaluate baseline concussion-like symptom reporting in uninjured adolescent student athletes. DESIGN, SETTING, AND
participantsIn this cross-sectional, observational study, we studied 31 958 high school athletes from Maine with no concussion in the past 6 months who completed a preseason baseline testing program between 2009 and 2013.
resultsSymptom reporting was more common in girls than boys. Most students with preexisting conditions reported one or more symptoms (60%-82% of boys and 73%-97% of girls). Nineteen percent of boys and 28% of girls reported having a symptom burden resembling an International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) diagnosis of postconcussional syndrome (PCS). Students with preexisting conditions were even more likely to endorse a symptom burden that resembled PCS (21%-47% for boys and 33%-72% for girls). Prior treatment of a psychiatric condition was the strongest independent predictor for symptom reporting in boys, followed by a history of migraines. For girls, the strongest independent predictors were prior treatment of a psychiatric condition or substance abuse and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The weakest independent predictor of symptoms for both sexes was history of prior concussions. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: In the absence of a recent concussion, symptom reporting is related to sex and preexisting conditions. Consideration of sex and preexisting health conditions can help prevent misinterpretation of symptoms in student athletes who sustain a concussion.
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