Multiple Past Concussions in High School Hockey Players: Examining Cognitive Functioning and Symptom Reporting.

Objective: To investigate (1) if there are meaningful differences in baseline preseason cognitive functioning or symptom reporting between high school ice hockey players with and without prior concussions and (2) determine which health history variables predict symptom reporting.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: High schools across the state of Maine.

Age, symptoms, and functional outcome after mild traumatic brain injury.

Objectives: Previous older adult studies have examined outcome from moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), but fewer have focused on the effects of milder brain injuries. This study examined age-related differences in symptom reporting and whether symptoms are differentially related to functional outcome based on age.

Materials & Methods: Patients presenting with a head injury at the Tampere University Hospital emergency department (N = 325, aged 18-100) were evaluated at 1 week post injury on the Modified Rankin Scale and Rivermead Post Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire (RPQ).