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Incidence of sports-related concussion among youth football players aged 8-12 years.
Kontos, Anthony P; Elbin, R J; Fazio-Sumrock, Vanessa C; Burkhart, Scott; Swindell, Hasani; Maroon, Joseph; Collins, Michael W.
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  • Kontos AP; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery/University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Medicine Concussion Program, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. akontos@pitt.edu
J Pediatr ; 163(3): 717-20, 2013 Sep.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23751761
OBJECTIVE: To determine the risk of concussion among youth football players (ages 8-12 years). STUDY DESIGN: Participants included 468 male youth football players in western Pennsylvania during the 2011 youth football season. Incidence rates (IRs) and incidence density ratios (IDRs) of concussion were calculated for games and practices and for age groups. RESULTS: There was a total of 11,338 (8415 practice and 2923 game) athletic exposures (AEs) in the study period, during which 20 medically diagnosed concussions occurred. A majority of concussions were the result of head-to-head (45%) contact. The combined concussion IR for practices and games was 1.76 per 1000 AEs (95% CI 0.99-2.54). The concussion IR was 0.24 per 1000 AEs (95% CI 0.04-0.79) in practices and 6.16 per 1000 AEs (95% CI 3.76-9.54) in games. The IDR for concussions in games to practices was 25.91 (95% CI 6.01-111.70). The IDR of concussions for youth aged 11-12 years compared with youth aged 8-10 years was 2.72 (95% CI 0.66-4.78). CONCLUSIONS: The overall IR for concussion in youth football players aged 8-12 years was comparable with that reported previously for high school and collegiate samples. However, participation in games was associated with an increase in risk of concussion compared with practices, which was higher than rates previously reported for high school and collegiate athletes. Younger players were slightly less likely to incur a concussion than were older players.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Concussão Encefálica / Futebol Americano Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Child / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: J Pediatr Ano de publicação: 2013 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos País de publicação: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Concussão Encefálica / Futebol Americano Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Child / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: J Pediatr Ano de publicação: 2013 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos País de publicação: Estados Unidos