Clinical Outcome Following Concussion Among College Athletes with a History of Prior Concussion: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is long-standing interest in, and concern about, whether collegiate athletes with a history of concussion will experience worse clinical outcomes, or prolonged recovery, should they sustain a subsequent concussion.

Objectives

This systematic review examined the association between prior concussion history and clinical outcomes following a subsequent sport-related concussion among college-age student athletes.

Study design

Systematic review.

Methods

We screened 5,118 abstracts and 619 full-text articles that were appraised to determine whether they met inclusion criteria. We utilized a likelihood heuristic to assess the probability of observing a specific number of statistically significant and nonsignificant studies reporting an association bet

SUBMITTER: Gaudet CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9617993 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature