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

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is growing awareness and clinical interest in athletes with affective symptoms after sport-related concussion (SRC), as these symptoms may contribute to overall symptoms and represent a modifiable risk factor of longer recovery. However, evidence of their effects on the entire return-to-play (RTP) trajectory, particularly among women and men, is limited.

Purpose/hypothesis

To examine the relationship between affective symptom reporting and RTP progression after SRC among a cohort of Division 1 student-athletes. We hypothesized that those endorsing affective symptoms, specifically nervous-anxious symptoms, spend more time in RTP progression and recovery.

Study design

Cohort study; Level of evidence, 3.

Methods

Using SRC data from the Ivy League-

SUBMITTER: D'Alonzo BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10898515 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature