Clinical Recovery Timelines After Sport-Related Concussion in Men's and Women's Collegiate Sports.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Researchers have identified sex differences in sport-related concussion incidence and recovery time; however, few have examined sex differences in specific recovery trajectories: time to symptom resolution, return to academics, and return to athletic activity across collegiate sports.

Objective

To examine sex differences in sport-related concussion recovery trajectories across a number of club and varsity sports with different levels of contact.

Design

Descriptive epidemiology study.

Setting

Collegiate varsity and club sports.

Patients or other participants

Sport-related concussions sustained by student-athletes (n = 1974; women = 38.8%) participating in Ivy League sports were monitored between 2013-2014 and 2018-2019.

Main outcome measure(s)<

SUBMITTER: Bretzin AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9528707 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature