In-Season Concussion Symptom Reporting in Male and Female Collegiate Rugby Athletes
| dc.contributor.author | Kieffer, Emily E. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Brolinson, Per Gunnar | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Maerlender, Arthur C. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Smith, Eric P. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Rowson, Steven | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-14T18:00:10Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2021-12-14T18:00:10Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-11-01 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Symptom inventories are generally only collected after a suspected concussion, but regular in-season monitoring may allude to clinical symptoms associated with repetitive subconcussive impacts and potential undiagnosed concussions. Despite sex-specific differences in symptom presentation and outcome of concussion, no return-to-play protocol takes sex into account. The objective of this study was to monitor a cohort of contact-sport athletes and compare the frequency and severity of in-season concussion-like symptom reporting between sexes. Graded symptom checklists from 144 female and 104 male athlete-seasons were administered weekly to quantify the effect of subconcussive impacts on frequency and severity of in-season symptom reporting. In-season, mean symptom severity score (SSS) (p = 0.026, mean difference of 1.8), mean number of symptoms (p = 0.044, mean difference of 0.9), max SSS (p < 0.001, mean difference of 19.2), and max number of symptoms (p < 0.001, mean difference of 6.8) were higher in the females. The females' survey results showed differences between elevated and concussed SSS (p < 0.005, mean difference of 28.1) and number of symptoms reported (p = 0.001, mean difference of 6.6). The males did not have a difference in SSS (p = 0.97, mean difference of 1.12) nor in number of symptoms (p = 0.35, mean difference of 1.96) from elevated to concussed athletes. Rugby players report concussion-like symptoms in the absence of a diagnosed concussion in-season. Female athletes reported elevated symptom frequencies with greater severities than the males, but both sexes reported considerable levels throughout the season. | en |
| dc.description.version | Published version | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1089/neur.2021.0050 | en |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 2689-288X | en |
| dc.identifier.issue | 1 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/106985 | en |
| dc.identifier.volume | 2 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | concussion | en |
| dc.subject | sex-specific | en |
| dc.subject | subconcussion | en |
| dc.subject | symptoms | en |
| dc.title | In-Season Concussion Symptom Reporting in Male and Female Collegiate Rugby Athletes | en |
| dc.title.serial | Neurotrauma Reports | en |
| dc.type | Article - Refereed | en |
| dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |
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