TY - JOUR
T1 - Association between sports participation history and age of first exposure to high-risk sports with concussion history
AU - Caccese, Jaclyn
AU - Schmidt, Julianne
AU - Moody, Jena
AU - Broglio, Steven
AU - McAllister, Thomas
AU - McCrea, Michael
AU - Pasquina, Paul
AU - Buckley, Thomas
AU - Investigators, CARE Consortium
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The purpose of this study was to examine the association between sports participation history, including estimated age of first exposure (eAFE) to high-risk sports, and concussion history in first year (i.e., freshmen) collegiate athletes. Athletes increased their odds of sustaining a pre-college concussion by 5% [odds ratio(OR) = 1.05 (95%CI:1.05–1.06)] for each additional year of contact sports participation–24% of all student athletes reported one or more pre-college concussions. When eAFE was analysed dichotomously at age 12, a greater proportion of those who started playing football before age 12 reported a positive concussion history compared to those who started playing football at age 12 or later (Х2 = 4.483, p = 0.034, Phi = 0.049). When eAFE was analysed continuously, later eAFE to women’s high-risk sports was associated with a lower likelihood of sustaining a pre-college concussion [OR = 0.93 (95%CI:0.88–0.98)]. Our findings suggest that there is a relationship between eAFE to football and to women’s high-risk sports and concussion history.
AB - The purpose of this study was to examine the association between sports participation history, including estimated age of first exposure (eAFE) to high-risk sports, and concussion history in first year (i.e., freshmen) collegiate athletes. Athletes increased their odds of sustaining a pre-college concussion by 5% [odds ratio(OR) = 1.05 (95%CI:1.05–1.06)] for each additional year of contact sports participation–24% of all student athletes reported one or more pre-college concussions. When eAFE was analysed dichotomously at age 12, a greater proportion of those who started playing football before age 12 reported a positive concussion history compared to those who started playing football at age 12 or later (Х2 = 4.483, p = 0.034, Phi = 0.049). When eAFE was analysed continuously, later eAFE to women’s high-risk sports was associated with a lower likelihood of sustaining a pre-college concussion [OR = 0.93 (95%CI:0.88–0.98)]. Our findings suggest that there is a relationship between eAFE to football and to women’s high-risk sports and concussion history.
KW - American football
KW - mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI)
KW - paediatric
KW - repetitive head impacts
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85112760284&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15438627.2021.1966008
DO - 10.1080/15438627.2021.1966008
M3 - Article
C2 - 34402703
AN - SCOPUS:85112760284
SN - 1543-8627
VL - 31
SP - 260
EP - 272
JO - Research in Sports Medicine
JF - Research in Sports Medicine
IS - 3
ER -