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Concussion in Sports: Education, Prevention, Identification, and Management

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Exercise and Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (11 September 2023) | Viewed by 4260

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Lindsay Sullivan

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Division of Health Sciences, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Interests: child and adolescent health promotion; childhood injury prevention; sport-related concussion; mental health promotion; implementation and evaluation research

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Concussions are a public health concern that can lead to potential short- and long-term health consequences that impact an individual’s physical, cognitive, emotional/behavioral, or sleep health. Given the potential consequences of concussions, over the last decade or so, increased attention has focused on the prevention, identification, and management of concussion in sport. However, despite the increased attention on concussion in sport, additional research that aims to identify effective strategies to reduce concussion risk and improve post-concussion outcomes is critically needed. Such research has the potential to foster a culture of concussion safety in sport and improve the health and wellbeing of individuals affected by concussive injury.

This Special Issue will feature novel research on concussion education, prevention, identification, and management. Papers that examine innovative approaches to concussion education and prevention are particularly welcome, as are papers exploring health disparities in concussion education, prevention, identification, and management. Moreover, papers that explore concussion in unique and under-studied populations are welcome. New research papers, including those that employ quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods, and reviews are welcome to this issue. Papers are welcome from all disciplines.

Dr. Lindsay Sullivan
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • concussion
  • education
  • management
  • mild traumatic brain injury
  • prevention
  • recovery
  • sport
  • sport-related injury

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Reasons for the Reporting Behavior of Japanese Collegiate Rugby Union Players Regarding Suspected Concussion Symptoms: A Propensity Analysis
by Keita Suzuki, Satoshi Nagai, Satoru Nishida, Koichi Iwai and Masahiro Takemura
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(3), 2569; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032569 - 31 Jan 2023
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While previous research has identified the reasons for the concussion-reporting behavior of rugby union players, the influence of confounding factors such as concussion experience, education, and knowledge of concussion symptoms, any of which may have influenced the results, has not been considered. This [...] Read more.
While previous research has identified the reasons for the concussion-reporting behavior of rugby union players, the influence of confounding factors such as concussion experience, education, and knowledge of concussion symptoms, any of which may have influenced the results, has not been considered. This study aimed to clarify the reasons for the reporting behavior of college rugby union players regarding suspected concussion symptoms by adjusting for confounding factors using the propensity score. A questionnaire about both concussion knowledge and concussion-reporting behavior was administered to 240 collegiate rugby union players. Of the 208 (86.7%) valid respondents to the questionnaire, 196 (94.2%) had experienced any one symptom of a suspected concussion, such as headache, at least once, and 137 (65.9%) reported symptoms to someone else. This study’s results revealed two important reasons for reporting symptoms: (1) the willingness of players to report experienced symptoms to someone else, along with realizing a concussion, and (2) the willingness of players to report suspected concussion symptoms, despite the absence of a doctor or trainer. These results suggest that providing educational opportunities to recognize suspected concussion symptoms and establishing a team culture of reporting physical problems to someone else is important for improving concussion-reporting behavior. Full article
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Emotional Regulation and Adolescent Concussion: Overview and Role of Neuroimaging
by João Paulo Lima Santos, Meilin Jia-Richards, Anthony P. Kontos, Michael W. Collins and Amelia Versace
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(13), 6274; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20136274 - 1 Jul 2023
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Emotional dysregulation symptoms following a concussion are associated with an increased risk for emotional dysregulation disorders (e.g., depression and anxiety), especially in adolescents. However, predicting the emergence or worsening of emotional dysregulation symptoms after concussion and the extent to which this predates the [...] Read more.
Emotional dysregulation symptoms following a concussion are associated with an increased risk for emotional dysregulation disorders (e.g., depression and anxiety), especially in adolescents. However, predicting the emergence or worsening of emotional dysregulation symptoms after concussion and the extent to which this predates the onset of subsequent psychiatric morbidity after injury remains challenging. Although advanced neuroimaging techniques, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion magnetic resonance imaging, have been used to detect and monitor concussion-related brain abnormalities in research settings, their clinical utility remains limited. In this narrative review, we have performed a comprehensive search of the available literature regarding emotional regulation, adolescent concussion, and advanced neuroimaging techniques in electronic databases (PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar). We highlight clinical evidence showing the heightened susceptibility of adolescents to experiencing emotional dysregulation symptoms following a concussion. Furthermore, we describe and provide empirical support for widely used magnetic resonance imaging modalities (i.e., functional and diffusion imaging), which are utilized to detect abnormalities in circuits responsible for emotional regulation. Additionally, we assess how these abnormalities relate to the emotional dysregulation symptoms often reported by adolescents post-injury. Yet, it remains to be determined if a progression of concussion-related abnormalities exists, especially in brain regions that undergo significant developmental changes during adolescence. We conclude that neuroimaging techniques hold potential as clinically useful tools for predicting and, ultimately, monitoring the treatment response to emotional dysregulation in adolescents following a concussion. Full article
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