ArticleMedicine and science in sports and exercise2020
No Clinical Predictors of Postconcussion Musculoskeletal Injury in College Athletes.
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- The risk of all-cause injury and site-specific injury in athletes after concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- A Machine Learning Model for Post-Concussion Musculoskeletal Injury Risk in Collegiate Athletes.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- The Influence of Kinesiophobia on Time to Clinical Recovery in Collegiate Athletes with Concussion.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- The Influence of Concussion History and Progressively Increasing Cognitive Load on Jump Landing and Cutting Reaction Time, Biomechanics, and Task Demands.Journal of athletic training · 2025Article
- Clinical Measures Associated with Subsequent Injury after Adolescent Concussion: A Prospective Cohort Study.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2025Article
- A Machine Learning Model for Post-Concussion Musculoskeletal Injury Risk in Collegiate Athletes.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Neurophysiology of ACL Injury.Orthopedic reviews · 2025Article
- Individual and Combined Effects of Sport-Related Concussion and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury on Neurocognitive and Neuromechanical Reaction Time.Journal of athletic training · 2025Article
- Perceptual Response Training for Reduction of Injury Risk Among High School Girls' Soccer Players.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Initial investigation of kinesiophobia as a predictor of functional reaction time one year after concussion.Concussion (London, England) · 2024Article
- Instrumented Balance Error Scoring System in Children and Adolescents-A Cross Sectional Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A Multifaceted Approach to Interpreting Reaction Time Deficits After Adolescent Concussion.Journal of athletic training · 2024Article
- Reliability and Minimal Detectable Change of the Standardized Assessment of Reaction Time.Journal of athletic training · 2023Article
- The Identification and Comparison of Factors Affecting Musculoskeletal and Concussion Injury Disclosure.Journal of athletic training · 2023Article
- Demographic Factors and Instantaneous Lower Extremity Injury Occurrence in a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Population.Journal of athletic training · 2023Article
- Clinical Mental Health Measures and Prediction of Postconcussion Musculoskeletal Injury.Journal of athletic training · 2023Article
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purposeThis study aimed to identify clinical predictors of postconcussion subsequent musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries.
methodsWe recruited 66 National Collegiate Athletic Association intercollegiate student-athletes with a diagnosed concussion as well as 36 National Collegiate Athletic Association student-athletes without a concussion. All participants completed a multifaceted concussion baseline consisting of 1) 22-item 0-6 self-reported symptom checklist with outcomes including both the number of symptoms endorsed (0-22) and 2) total symptom score (0-132), 3) Standard Assessment of Concussion, 4) Balance Error Scoring System, 5) Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing, 6) clinical reaction time, and 7) the King-Devick as well as demographic and injury characteristics. The concussion participants completed the same examination acutely postconcussion, and binary logistic regression was used to identify predictors of subsequent MSK from the change scores (acute minus baseline). From the 66 concussed student-athletes, a subset 36, matched with the healthy athletes, compared the risk of subsequent MSK in the year before and year after their concussion.
resultsThe concussion participants were 1.78 times (95% confidence interval, 1.12-2.84; P = 0.015) more likely to suffer a lower extremity MSK in the year after their concussion than the control participants. The participant demographics and injury characteristics (P = 0.318) and concussion clinical outcomes (P = 0.461) did not predict subsequent MSK.
conclusionThe concussion participants were 1.78 times more likely to sustain a subsequent MSK; however, no demographic, injury characteristic, or concussion assessments predicted the MSK. Thus, clinicians are not able to utilize common neurological measures or participant demographics to identify those at risk for subsequent lower extremity MSK. Injury prevention strategies should be considered for collegiate student-athletes upon premature return to participation after a concussion to reduce the subsequent MSK.
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