ArticleJournal of athletic training2018
Return to Learn After Sport-Related Concussion: A Survey of Secondary School and Collegiate Athletic Trainers.
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- Evolution of Multifaceted Sport-Related Concussion Management: A 25-Year Narrative Review of Multidomain Assessment and Multimodal Rehabilitation.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Recovery From Adolescent Sports Concussion During the School Year Compared With Summer.Pediatric neurology · 2025Article
- Progression through return-to-sport and return-to-academics guidelines for concussion management and recovery in collegiate student athletes: findings from the Ivy League-Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion Study.British journal of sports medicine · 2022Article
- Preliminary evidence-based recommendations for return to learn: a novel pilot study tracking concussed college students.Concussion (London, England) · 2019Article
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Abstract
contextRecent recommendations have emphasized return-to-learn (RTL) protocols to aid athletes in recovery from sport-related concussion (SRC) but have been based primarily on anecdotal evidence.
objectiveTo investigate the RTL practices of certified athletic trainers (ATs) after an SRC.
designCross-sectional study.
settingOnline survey. PATIENTS OR OTHER
participantsA total of 1083 individuals (27%) from a random sample of 4000 ATs in the National Athletic Trainers' Association membership database completed an electronic survey. Participants consisted of 729 self-identified secondary school ATs (SSATs; 67.3%; experience = 14.0 ± 9.7 years) and 354 self-identified collegiate ATs (CATs; 32.7%; experience = 13.4 ± 9.7 years). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): We used χ
resultsOf our total respondents, 41.2% (n = 446) correctly indicated the absence of evidence-based RTL guidelines. Whereas most (73.9%, n = 800) respondents had an established RTL policy, only 38.1% (n = 413) used such guidelines in their clinical practice. Most (97.1%, n = 708) SSATs and 82.2% (n = 291) of CATs had access to (a) mental health professional(s); however, minorities of SSATs (21.4%, n = 156) and CATs (37.0%, n = 131) never accessed these resources to care for concussed student-athletes.
conclusionsOur results suggested that, despite the absence of empirical evidence, most surveyed ATs incorporated some form of RTL protocol in their SRC management policy. The varying AT knowledge, clinical practices, and resources highlighted by our results should be considered when creating or refining an RTL protocol.
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