Citation

Baugh CM, Kroshus E, Perry KI, Bourlas AP. J. Law Med. Ethics 2017; 45(2): 231-237.

Affiliation

Alexandra is a medical student at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (Athens, OH). She received her BA from Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) and her MA from Boston University School of Medicine (Boston, MA).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1177/1073110517720652

PMID

31695299

PMCID

PMC6833948

Abstract

This study examined the extent to which concussion management plans at National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) member schools were in line with NCAA Concussion Policy and best practice recommendations in absence of any process to ensure compliance. Most schools' concussion management plans were in compliance with 3 (60%) or 4 (25.6%) of the NCAA's 4 required components. Annual athlete education and acknowledgement was the requirement least often included, representing an area for improvement. Further, schools tended to more often include best practices that were more medically-oriented (e.g., including baseline examination), compared to best practices that were less medical in nature (e.g., avoiding flagrant head hits).

Language: en