Medical assessment of potential concussion in elite football: video analysis of the 2016 UEFA European championship.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective is to determine if suspected concussions in elite football are medically assessed according to the International Conferences on Concussion in Sport consensus statement recommendations.

Setting

Men's Union of European Football Association (UEFA) Football Championship.

Participants

All professional football players in the UEFA 2016 Championship Tournament.

Design

Observational study.

Outcome measures

Potential concussive events (PCEs) were defined as direct head collision incidents resulting in the athlete being unable to immediately resume play following impact. PCEs identified and description of PCE assessment and outcome were accomplished through direct standardised observation of video footage by trained observers in 51 games pl

SUBMITTER: Abraham KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6549745 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature