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Effects of contact/collision sport history on gait in early to mid-adulthood

Effects of contact/collision sport history on gait in early to mid-adulthood

Publications

Katie Hunzinger and colleagues conducted a study on the impact of contact and collision sport participation on walking gait. The results suggest a history of contact/collision sport participation did not negatively affect the gait of physically active people in early-...
Disparities in Adherence to Concussion Clinical Care Recommendations in a Pediatric Population

Disparities in Adherence to Concussion Clinical Care Recommendations in a Pediatric Population

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Daniel Corwin, Kate McDonald, Kristy Arbogast, Christina Master, and colleagues assessed patient factors associated with adherence to follow-up care after pediatric concussion, suggesting future research should identify individual- and system-level barriers to...
Comparison of Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Concussed and Nonconcussed Adolescents

Comparison of Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Concussed and Nonconcussed Adolescents

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Kate McDonald, Kristy Arbogast, and colleagues demonstrate elevated anxiety and depressive symptoms in adolescents with acute concussion, compared to nonconcussed peers, suggesting that depression screening should be incorporated into adolescent concussion care. Read...
Influence of concussion history and age of first concussion on visio-vestibular function

Influence of concussion history and age of first concussion on visio-vestibular function

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Kristy Arbogast and colleagues found that adolescents with and without a concussion history present with similar visio-vestibular function. Further, early age of first concussion is not evident in visio-vestibular function in children, suggesting potential cumulative...
The Role of Reported Affective Symptoms and Anxiety in Recovery Trajectories After Sport-Related Concussion

The Role of Reported Affective Symptoms and Anxiety in Recovery Trajectories After Sport-Related Concussion

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Bernadette D’Alonzo led a study with Abby Bretzin and Doug Wiebe to examine the relationship between affective symptom reporting and return-to-play (RTP) progression after SRC among a cohort of Division 1 student-athletes. They found that student-athletes with...
Agreement between parent reported and child self-reported sport-related concussion history: A brief report

Agreement between parent reported and child self-reported sport-related concussion history: A brief report

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This cross sectional investigation, by PISC Trainee Abby Bretzin and colleagues, measured the agreement between parent report of their 8–14 year old child’s sport-related concussion (SRC) history and their child’s self-report of their own SRC history. Read the full...
Concussion is not associated with elevated rates of lower-extremity musculoskeletal injuries in National Football League Players

Concussion is not associated with elevated rates of lower-extremity musculoskeletal injuries in National Football League Players

Publications

PISC Trainee Katie Hunzinger and colleagues found that risk of lower extremity musculoskeletal injury was not elevated in NFL players following a concussion, contrary to previous limited evidence. Read the full article
Progression through return-to-sport and return-to-academics guidelines for concussion management and recovery in collegiate student athletes: findings from the Ivy League-Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion Study

Progression through return-to-sport and return-to-academics guidelines for concussion management and recovery in collegiate student athletes: findings from the Ivy League-Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion Study

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Former Center Director Douglas Wiebe and Trainees Abigail Bretzin and Bernadette D’Alonzo, along with the Ivy League–Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion Study Investigators, examined the progression of collegiate student athletes through five stages of a...
Association of Sex With Adolescent Soccer Concussion Incidence and Characteristics

Association of Sex With Adolescent Soccer Concussion Incidence and Characteristics

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Abby Bretzin led a paper examining sex differences in high school soccer concussions. Despite females having greater concussion rates relative to males, males had (1.54) greater odds of immediate removal from play. If an athletic trainer (AT) was the initial examiner,...
Comparison of Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Concussed and Nonconcussed Adolescents

Time to Authorized Clearance From Sport-Related Concussion: The Influence of Health Care Provider and Medical Facility

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Abby Bretzin led a paper that found longer time to authorized clearance from specialized care (team physician, neurologist) and shorter time to clearance from urgent care (hospital, urgent care facility). Associations were also observed between sex and who was...
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