@article{ref1,
title="Increased risk of musculoskeletal injury following sport-related concussion: a perception-action coupling approach",
journal="Sports medicine",
year="2019",
author="Eagle, Shawn R. and Kontos, Anthony P. and Pepping, Gert-Jan and Johnson, Caleb D. and Sinnott, Aaron and LaGoy, Alice and Connaboy, Chris",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Recent studies have concluded that athletes have increased risk of musculoskeletal injury following sport-related concussion. While an underlying explanation is still unknown, perceptual-motor control may be implicated in this increased risk. Some authors have purported that indirect perception (i.e., a &quot;top-down&quot; view of neuromuscular control) may be disrupted following sport-related concussion. Direct perception theory states that the athlete and environment are inextricably linked in a continuous perception-action coupling loop. That is, the athlete is able to directly perceive opportunities for action (e.g., &quot;affordances&quot;) in the environment. Based on these notions, the aim of the current paper was to introduce a theoretical model that argues that sport-related concussion may dysregulate the direct perception process, potentially increasing behavioral risk of musculoskeletal injury during sport. Our model is integrated with a sport-related concussion clinical treatment model, which highlights individualized profiles that characterize the heterogeneous response to sport-related concussion. These profiles have a typical constellation of symptoms (e.g., anxiety, fatigue, ocular dysfunction, etc.), which themselves have been associated with disrupted perception-action coupling, independent of sport-related concussion. Therefore, we argue that athletes who have not re-established perception-action coupling loops following sport-related concussion may be at increased risk of subsequent musculoskeletal injury.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0112-1642",
doi="10.1007/s40279-019-01144-3",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40279-019-01144-3"
}