Performance of current tools used for on-the-day assessment and diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury in sport: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The monitoring and diagnosis of sports-related mild traumatic brain injury (SR-mTBI) remains a challenge. This systematic review summarises the current monitoring tools used for on-the-day assessment and diagnosis of SR-mTBI and their performance.

Design

Systematic review, using Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies assessment.

Data sources

Embase via Ovid, IEEEXplore, Medline via Ovid, Scopus and Web of Science were searched up to June 2024.

Eligibility criteria

Peer-reviewed English-language journal articles which measured athletes using the index test within a day of injury and provided a performance measure for the method used. Studies of all designs were accepted, and no reference methods were required.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Haste P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11808887 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature