ArticleJournal of athletic training2024
Postinjury Outcomes After Non-Sport-Related Concussion: A CARE Consortium Study.
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- Action Collaborative on Traumatic Brain Injury Care: Adapted Clinical Practice Guideline.Annals of family medicine · 2025Guideline
- Risk of suicidal behaviors following sport-related and non-sport-related concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- NSAID Use Is Not Associated With Persisting Symptoms in Adolescent Concussion.Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine · 2026Article
- Neither Personal or Teammate Concussion Experience Influences Collegiate Athletes' Attitude or Knowledge of Concussions.International journal of exercise science · 2026Article
- Comparing peer relationship ratings among adolescents with sport and non-sport related concussions.The Physician and sportsmedicine · 2025Article
- Symptom Recovery in Children Aged 5 to 12 Years With Sport-Related and Non-Sport-Related Concussion.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Sex Differences Across Concussion Characteristics in US Service Academy Cadets: A CARE Consortium Study.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Article
- Mechanisms of Injury Leading to Concussions in Collegiate Soccer Players: A CARE Consortium Study.The American journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
- Silent Struggles: Traumatic Brain Injuries and Mental Health in Law Enforcement.The Journal of head trauma rehabilitationArticle
- Predicting Social Participation and Quality of Life in Individuals with TBI at Least One Year after Discharge from Rehabilitation.Neurotrauma reportsReview
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Abstract
contextConcussion research has primarily focused on sport-related mechanisms and excluded non-sport-related mechanisms. In adult populations, non-sport-related concussions (non-SRCs) demonstrated worse clinical outcomes compared with sport-related concussions (SRCs); however, investigations of non-SRCs in college-aged patients are limited.
objectivesTo examine clinical outcomes in collegiate athletes with non-SRCs compared with SRCs and explore sex differences in outcomes among collegiate athletes with non-SRCs.
designProspective cohort study.
settingClinical setting. PATIENTS OR OTHER
participantsA total of 3500 athletes were included (n = 555 with non-SRCs, 42.5% female) from colleges or universities and service academies participating in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Department of Defense Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) Consortium. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Dichotomous outcomes (yes or no) consisted of immediate reporting, mental status alterations, loss of consciousness, posttraumatic amnesia, retrograde amnesia, motor impairments, delayed symptom presentation, and required hospital transport. Continuous outcomes were symptom severity, days with concussion symptoms, and days lost to injury. Data were collected within 24 to 48 hours of injury and at return to play. Adjusted relative risks (ARRs) compared the likelihood of dichotomous outcomes by mechanism and by sex within patients with non-SRCs. Multivariate negative binomial regressions were used to assess group differences in continuous variables.
resultsAthletes with non-SRCs were less likely to report immediately (ARR = 0.73, 95% CI = 0.65, 0.81) and more likely to report delayed symptom presentation (ARR = 1.17, 95% CI = 1.03, 1.32), loss of consciousness (ARR = 3.15, 95% CI = 2.32, 4.28), retrograde amnesia (ARR = 1.77, 95% CI = 1.22, 2.57), and motor impairment (ARR = 1.45, 95% CI = 1.14, 1.84). Athletes with non-SRCs described greater symptom severity, more symptomatic days, and more days lost to injury (P < .001) compared with those who had SRCs. Within the non-SRC group, female athletes indicated greater symptom severity, more symptomatic days, and more days lost to injury (P < .03) than male athletes.
conclusionsAthletes with non-SRCs had worse postinjury outcomes compared with those who had SRCs, and female athletes with non-SRCs had worse recovery metrics than male athletes. Our findings suggest that further investigation of individuals with non-SRCs is needed to improve concussion reporting and management.
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