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ArticleConcussion (London, England)2016

Concussion management in US college football: progress and pitfalls.

Christine M Baugh, Emily Kroshus

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Article in Concussion (London, England), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Playing professional American football does not increase longevity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  4. Age at League Entry and Early All-Cause Mortality among National Football League Players.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  10. Concussion: an Introduction.Concussion (London, England) · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christine M BaughInterfaculty Initiative in Health Policy, Harvard University, 14 Story Street, Fourth Floor, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Division of Sports Medicine, Boston, Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood, Avenue, Boston MA 02115, USA.
Emily KroshusHarvard School of Public Health, Department of Social & Behavioral, Sciences, 677 Huntington Avenue, Kresge 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02116, USA.
Boston Children's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Health Policy Training Program: Promoting Outcomes, Quality, Equity and Diffusion of AdvancesT32MH019733 · NIMH · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI Benjamin Le Cook, Haiden A Huskamp · 1993 to 2026
$7.0M
NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH019733
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reducing the frequency and severity of concussions from sport is an important issue in public health currently addressed by a multifaceted approach. Given the large number of participants and the comparatively high risk of injury, American football is an important sport to consider when examining concussion management practices. Focusing on American football at the collegiate level, this manuscript describes current research regarding concussion epidemiology, policy, implementation of clinical diagnosis, management and return-to-play standards and athlete concussion education. Although American collegiate sports leagues have put forth concussion-related policies in recent years, the implementation of these policies and related effects on athlete concussion education, clinical management of concussion and ultimately athlete health outcomes are not well understood. Additional research is needed.

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American footballcollegeconcussionhealth educationhealth policypublic health

Identifiers

PMID27064258
PMCPMC4825689
OpenAlexW1956706505

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