Association of early versus late care seeking for sport-related concussion in adolescent athletes in Canada: a historical cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to examine the association of time to recovery between early versus late presentation to outpatient community-based concussion management clinics following sport-related concussion (SRC) among adolescent Canadian athletes.

Methods

Using electronic health records (between January 2017 and December 2019) from the Complete Concussion Management Inc (CCMI) database, this was a historical cohort study of Canadian athletes aged 12-18 presenting for care early (0-7 days) or late (8-28 days) after SRC. Time-to-recovery was defined as the date of clinician clearance to return to sport. Propensity scores were first derived from logistic regression with early versus late clinical presentation as the outcome. Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was th

SUBMITTER: Oh DY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11808907 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature