Headgear mandates in high school girls' lacrosse: investigating differences in impact rates and game play behaviors.

Background/objective: Headgear designed to protect girls' lacrosse athletes is widely available and permitted for voluntary use; however, it remains unknown how policies mandating headgear use may change the sport and, particularly regarding impacts during game-play. Therefore, this study compares the impact rates and game play characteristics of girls' high school lacrosse in Florida which mandates headgear use (HM), with states having no headgear mandate (NHM).

Materials And Methods: Video from 189 randomly-selected games (HM: 64, NHM: 125) were analyzed.

More Than Skin Deep: Patient-Provider Racial and Ethnic Concordance and Discordance in Collegiate Athletics and Concussion Management.

Context: There is strong evidence that racial and ethnic disparities exist in multiple arenas of health and wellness. The causes of racial and ethnic differences in health care are multidimensional; one factor that may affect injury/illness communication, interactions, and outcomes is patient-provider racial and ethnic concordance. At present, it is unclear what role patient-provider racial and ethnic concordance and discordance plays in facilitating concussion care for collegiate athletes.

The influence of ADHD on recovery from sport concussion among collegiate athletes in the United States: LIMBIC MATARS consortium investigation.

Objective: The present study aimed to assess the potential influence of a diagnosis of ADHD on concussion recovery among collegiate athletes.

Design: Retrospective and cross-sectional.

Methods: Data were extracted retrospectively from medical records across LIMBIC MATARS member institutions ( = 11), representing 1,044 concussion cases among collegiate athletes.

Academic adjustments and concussion recoveries in NCAA student-athletes: a LIMBIC MATARS investigation.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between academic adjustments and recovery from sport-related concussions (SRCs) in collegiate athletes.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective medical chart review was performed between the 2015-2016 and 2019-2020 sport seasons at 11 Long-term Impact of Military-relevant Brain Injury Consortium Military and Tactical Athlete Research Study (LIMBIC MATARS) sites. Days between injury and symptom resolution, and injury and return to sport (dependent variables) for collegiate athletes who did or did not receive academic adjustments (independent variable) were analyzed using Mann-Whitney tests.

Lost in translation: the association of international status and native language on concussion in collegiate athletes in the United States.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to characterize the associations of international student status and native language on time (in days) with the date of injury to (i) diagnosis, (ii) symptom resolution, and (iii) return to sport.

Methods: Utilizing data from a cross-sectional cohort of 1,044 concussion cases from LIMBIC MATARS member institutions ( = 11) in the US, we conducted two, matched case-control designs. Cases were divided into two groups: (i) international ( = 32) or domestic students ( = 32) and (ii) English as an Additional Language (EAL) speakers ( = 18) or Native English language speakers ( = 18).