Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the Female, woman and girl/or Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine prevention strategies and potential modifiable risk factors (MRFs) for sport-related concussion (SRC) and head impact/head acceleration event (HAE) outcomes in female, woman and/or girl athletes.

Design

Systematic review with meta-analyses and Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation.

Data sources

Medline, CINAHL, PsycINfo, SportDiscus, ERIC, CENTRAL and CDSR.

Eligibility

Primary data studies with comparison group(s) assessing the association of prevention interventions and/or MRFs for SRC or HAE with ≥1 female/woman/girl in each study group.

Results

Of the 108 included studies, 67 evaluated a SRC prevention strategy (equipment n=25, policy/rule n=21, training n=10, management n=11) and 41 evaluated potentia

SUBMITTER: Shill IJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12703316 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature