Prevention of concussion and long-term effects of repetitive traumatic brain injury: Unanimous consensus from the Cantu Concussion Summit.

Objective: The Cantu Concussion Summit aimed to gather clinicians and researchers to share findings and identify research gaps in brain injury and long-term cognitive disorders in athletes.

Design: The conference concluded with a discussion of ways to best mitigate the risk of concussion and repetitive traumatic brain injury (RTBI).

Setting And Participants: The summit was supported by an unrestricted educational grant from the National Football League and featured a diverse group of experts from multiple disciplines.

Social Determinants of Health and Lifetime History of Parent-Reported Concussion in School-Aged Children and Adolescents in the United States.

Social determinants of health (SDoH) are environmental and socioeconomic factors that indirectly or directly influence health. This study examined whether SDoH that might relate to health literacy or access to health care are associated with lifetime history of parent-reported concussion in school-aged children and adolescents in the United States. We hypothesized that lower parental education, living in poverty, and speaking a language other than English as the primary language in the home would be associated with a lower lifetime history of concussion.

Lifetime history of concussion among children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: examining differences stratified by age, medication status, and parent-reported severity.

Introduction: Children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to report a lifetime history of concussion compared to those without ADHD. Prior studies have predominantly relied on surveys of youth who self-reported their ADHD status (as opposed to parent report), examined samples with relatively narrow age ranges, and focused on youth athletes. It is unclear if ADHD severity or ADHD medication influences the association between ADHD and greater lifetime history of concussion.

Association Between Social Determinants of Health and Concussion Among High School Students in the United States.

We examined the association between social determinants of health and the likelihood of sustaining a concussion among adolescents. Participants in this cross-sectional study were 7164 high school students who completed the 2021 Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey (52.7% girls; mean age = 16.

A tackler correctly adhering to the tackle instruction in a front-on, one-on-one torso tackle alters the peak inertial head kinematics of the ball carrier but not the tackler.

Objectives: To evaluate if the tackler correctly adhering, or not, to four different instructions of legal front-on one-on-one torso tackles altered the tackler and/or ball carrier peak inertial head kinematics.

Design: Controlled laboratory study.

Methods: Fifteen rugby-code players measured with three-dimensional optoelectronic motion capture performed two tackle instructions from the Australian National Rugby League coaching manual on under (Dominant National Rugby League) and over (Smother National Rugby League) the ball tackles, and two novel variants of these (under, Dominant, Torso Stick; over, Smother, Pop, Lock).