Higher rates of concussion following COVID-19 infection in high school athletes.

Objective: To compare concussion rates (CRs) over one academic year in high school athletes with and without a COVID-19 infection prior to concussion.

Methods: Illness and concussion were prospectively reported for male and female high school athletes across six states over one academic year in the Players Health Rehab surveillance system. Concussion was truncated to 60 days following recovery and return to sport from COVID-19.

Cohesion and chronic pain: A case for assessing an overlooked process variable.

Chronic pain management services are often provided in group formats, as they are cost effective, increase access to care, and provide unique and needed social support to patients, but mixed outcomes for these groups indicate room for improvement. A small but growing body of research suggests routine assessment of and feedback on group cohesion may improve individual patient outcomes, though this has not been studied among chronic pain groups. Provided in this article is a rationale for assessing group cohesion in pain management programs, along with considerations for how and when to use routine outcome monitoring of cohesion in clinical practice.

Heads Up Football Training Decreases Concussion Rates in High School Football Players.

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine whether football players receiving heads up (HU) training would display a lower rate of sport-related concussion (SRC) compared to those without HU training.

Design: Prospective cohort.

Setting: Scholastic football fields.

The treatment of central sensitization in an adolescent using pain neuroscience education and graded exposure to activity: A case report.

Chronic pain affects 1.7 million children in the United States, and its effects often linger into adulthood. Unfortunately, chronic pediatric pain is often undertreated.