Observational studyBMJ open2019
Medical assessment of potential concussion in elite football: video analysis of the 2016 UEFA European championship.
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- Concussions analysis in 2022-2024 CONMEBOL soccer tournaments.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Systematic video analysis of shoulder dislocations in professional male football (soccer): Injury mechanisms, situational and kinematic patterns.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Effect of a new concussion substitute rule on medical assessment of head collision events in Premier League football.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2022Article
- Opinion: The Potential Role of Amyloid Beta Peptides as Biomarkers of Subconcussion and Concussion.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Professional assessment of potential concussions in elite football tournaments.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2020Article
- Concussion among soccer players in the 2017 Brazilian championship - the gap between protocol and medical practice.Concussion (London, England) · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe objective is to determine if suspected concussions in elite football are medically assessed according to the International Conferences on Concussion in Sport consensus statement recommendations.
settingMen's Union of European Football Association (UEFA) Football Championship.
participantsAll professional football players in the UEFA 2016 Championship Tournament.
designObservational study. OUTCOME MEASURES: Potential concussive events (PCEs) were defined as direct head collision incidents resulting in the athlete being unable to immediately resume play following impact. PCEs identified and description of PCE assessment and outcome were accomplished through direct standardised observation of video footage by trained observers in 51 games played in the Men's UEFA European Championship (10 June-10 July 2016).
resultsSixty-nine total PCEs (1.35 per match) were identified in 51 games played during the 2016 Men's UEFA European Championship. Forty-eight PCEs (69.6%) resulted in two observable signs of concussion, 13 (18.8%) resulted in three signs and 1 (1.4%) resulted in four signs in the injured athletes. Nineteen (27.5%) PCEs were medically assessed by sideline healthcare personnel while 50 (72.5%) were not. Of the 50 PCEs that were not medically assessed, 44 (88%) PCEs resulted in two or more signs of concussion among injured athletes. Of the 19 medically assessed PCEs, 8 resulted in 3 signs of concussion, and 1 resulted in 4 signs; all assessments concluded in the same-game return for the injured athletes.
conclusionsPCEs were frequent events in the 2016 UEFA Euro championship, but were rarely assessed concordant with the International Conferences on Concussion in Sport consensus statement recommendations. There is an imperative need to improve the assessment and management of players suspected of concussion in elite football.
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