Effects of Game Characteristics and Player Positions on Concussion Incidence and Severity in Professional Football | Zendy

Jennifer Dai | Zendy; Adam Y. Li | Zendy; Syed F. Haider | Zendy; Raechel Tomaselli | Zendy; Alex Gometz | Zendy; Stanisław Sobótka | Zendy; Alexander F. Post | Zendy; Ryan Adams | Zendy; Akbar Y Maniya | Zendy; George Lau | Zendy; Halley KayeKauderer | Zendy; Mark R. Lovell | Zendy; Tanvir F. Choudhri | Zendy

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Effects of Game Characteristics and Player Positions on Concussion Incidence and Severity in Professional Football

Author(s) -

Jennifer Dai,

Adam Y. Li,

Syed F. Haider,

Raechel Tomaselli,

Alex Gometz,

Stanisław Sobótka,

Alexander F. Post,

Ryan Adams,

Akbar Y Maniya,

George Lau,

Halley KayeKauderer,

Mark R. Lovell,

Tanvir F. Choudhri

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

orthopaedic journal of sports medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.329

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2325-9671

DOI - 10.1177/2325967118815448

Subject(s) - concussion , football , incidence (geometry) , league , medicine , injury prevention , poison control , descriptive statistics , physical therapy , offensive , football players , medical emergency , statistics , engineering , operations research , mathematics , geography , physics , geometry , archaeology , astronomy

Position, game location, and game outcome affect concussion incidence for professional football players. In a subset of analyses, the number of games missed aligned with concussion incidence, but this appeared to be an imperfect measure. These findings highlight new factors that may modulate concussion incidence and merit further study on how they may influence concussion evaluation.

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