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Injuries In Sports Essay, Research Paper

Relationship Between Concussion and

Neuropsychological Performance in College

Football Players

Michael W. Collins, PhD; Scott H. Grindel, MD; Mark R. Lovell,

PhD; Duane E. Dede, PhD; David J. Moser, PhD; Benjamin R.

Phalin, BS; Sally Nogle, MA, ATC; Michael Wasik, MEd, ATC; David

Cordry, MA; Michelle Klotz Daugherty, MA; Samuel F. Sears, PhD;

Guy Nicolette, MD; Peter Indelicato, MD; Douglas B. McKeag, MD

Context Despite the high prevalence and potentially serious

outcomes associated with concussion in athletes, there is little

systematic research examining risk factors and short- and long-term

outcomes.

Objectives To assess the relationship between concussion history

and learning disability (LD) and the association of these variables with

neuropsychological performance and to evaluate postconcussion

recovery in a sample of college football players.

Design, Setting, and Participants A total of 393 athletes from 4

university football programs across the United States received

preseason baseline evaluations between May 1997 and February

1999. Subjects who had subsequent football-related acute

concussions (n=16) underwent neuropsychological comparison with

matched control athletes from within the sample (n=10).

Main Outcome Measures Clinical interview, 8 neuropsychological

measures, and concussion symptom scale ratings at baseline and

after concussion.

Results Of the 393 players, 129 (34%) had experienced 1 previous

concussion and 79 (20%) had experienced 2 or more concussions.

Multivariate analysis of variance yielded significant main effects for

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