ReviewConcussion (London, England)2020
Concussion in soccer: a comprehensive review of the literature.
Review in Concussion (London, England), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.
- Epidemiology of injuries in male and female youth football players: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of sport and health science · 2022Pooled it
- Injury Profile in Women's Football: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Pooled it
- Brain MRI findings associated with soccer heading: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Neuroradiology · 2026Review
- Non-concussive impacts, cognition, and the menstrual cycle: a proof-of-concept study of elite female footballers.Experimental brain research · 2026Article
- A Comparison of Quantitative Pupillometry and VOMS in Division 1 Female Soccer Players.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Exploring Sex-Based Variations in Head Kinematics During Soccer Heading.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2025Article
- Consensus on the descriptors, definitions, and reporting methods for heading in football studies: A Delphi study.PloS one · 2025Article
- The incidence and burden of concussion in men's and women's English professional football.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2025Article
- Pediatric Concussion Injuries in Soccer: Emergency Department Trends in the United States From 2012 to 2023.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
- A Narrative Review of Soccer-Related Concussion Management in Children and Adults Over the Past 10 Years.Cureus · 2024Review
- Neurocognitive Function Domains Are Not Affected in Active Professional Male Footballers, but Attention Deficits and Impairments Are Associated with Concussion.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Injury and illness surveillance monitoring in team sports: a framework for all.Injury epidemiology · 2024Article
- Injury-Reduction Programs Containing Neuromuscular Neck Exercises and the Incidence of Soccer-Related Head and Neck Injuries.Journal of athletic training · 2023Article
- A Virtual Reality App Intervention to Improve Concussion Recognition and Reporting in Athletes Aged 9 to 12 Years: Development and Pilot Testing.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Prevention of sports-related concussion in soccer: a comprehensive review of the literature.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Injuries in male youth football: a one season prospective cohort study of 223 Danish elite players.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Article
- Safeguarding Athletes Against Head Injuries Through Advances in Technology: A Scoping Review of the Uses of Machine Learning in the Management of Sports-Related Concussion.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- Welcome to Volume 6 ofConcussion (London, England) · 2021Article
- Concussion among soccer players in the 2017 Brazilian championship - the gap between protocol and medical practice.Concussion (London, England) · 2020Article
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Sports-related concussion has been examined extensively in collision sports such as football and hockey. However, historically, lower-risk contact sports such as soccer have only more recently garnered increased attention. Here, we review articles examining the epidemiology, injury mechanisms, sex differences, as well as the neurochemical, neurostructural and neurocognitive changes associated with soccer-related concussion. From 436 titles and abstracts, 121 full texts were reviewed with a total of 64 articles identified for inclusion. Concussion rates are higher during competitions and in female athletes with purposeful heading rarely resulting in concussion. Given a lack of high-level studies examining sports-related concussion in soccer, clinicians and scientists must focus research efforts on large-scale data gathering and development of improved technologies to better detect and understand concussion.
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