Citation

Strand S, Lechuga D, Zachariah T, Beaulieu K. Appl. Neuropsychol. Child 2013; 4(1): 58-64.

Affiliation

Health and Human Sciences , Loyola Marymount University , Los Angeles , California.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/21622965.2013.802650

PMID

24294937

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine the relative risk and reported symptoms of concussions in 11- to 13-year-old, female soccer players. For this, a survey to compare the reported incidence of concussion in age-matched female soccer players to non soccer players was performed. The survey included 342 girls between the ages of 11 and 13: 195 were involved in an organized soccer team and 147 were not involved in organized soccer but were allowed to participate in any other sport or activity. A total of 94 of the 195 soccer players, or 48%, reported at least one symptom consistent with a concussion. The most prevalent symptom for these girls was headache (84%). A total of 34 of the 147 non-soccer players, or 23%, reported at least one symptom consistent with a concussion in the previous six months. These results determined that the relative risk of probable concussions among 11- to 13-year-old, female soccer players is 2.09 (p < .001, α = .05, CI = 95%). This demonstrates that the relative risk of probable concussions in young female soccer players is significantly higher than in a control group of non soccer players of the same sex and age.

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