Concussions Among University Football and Soccer Players

作者：J. Scott Delaney, Vincent J. Lacroix, Suzanne Leclerc, Karen M. Johnston · 发表于：Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine · 年份：2002 · DOI：10.1097/00042752-200211000-00003 · 被引用次数：382 · 研究领域：Traumatic Brain Injury Research、Sport Psychology and Performance、Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise

OBJECTIVE: A study to examine the incidence and characteristics of concussions among Canadian university athletes during 1 full year of football and soccer participation. DESIGN: Retrospective survey. PARTICIPANTS: Three hundred eighty Canadian university football and 240 Canadian university soccer players reporting to 1999 fall training camp. Of these, 328 football and 201 soccer players returned a completed questionnaire. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Based on self-reported symptoms, calculations were made to determine the number of concussions experienced during the previous full year of football or soccer participation, the duration of symptoms, the time for return to play, and any associated risk factors for concussions. RESULTS: Of all the athletes who returned completed questionnaires, 70.4% of the football players and 62.7% of the soccer players had experienced symptoms of a concussion during the previous year. Only 23.4% of the concussed football players and 19.8% of the concussed soccer players realized they had suffered a concussion. More than one concussion was experienced by 84.6% of the concussed football players and 81.7% of the concussed soccer players. Examining symptom duration, 27.6% of all concussed football players and 18.8% of all concussed soccer players experienced symptoms for at least 1 day or longer. Tight end and defensive lineman were the positions most commonly affected in football, while goalies were the players most commonly affected in soccer. Variab...