@article{ref1,
title="Examination of sports and recreation-related concussion among youth ages 12-17: results from the 2018 <i>YouthStyles</i> survey",
journal="Brain injury",
year="2020",
author="Sarmiento, Kelly and Daugherty, Jill and Depadilla, Lara and Breiding, Matthew J.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="<b>Background</b>: This paper sought to examine the frequency of self-reported sports- and recreation-related (SRR) concussion, as well as care-seeking behaviors and potential activity restrictions after concussions, in a sample of youth.<b>Methods</b>: A sample of 845 youth ages 12-17 years responded to the web-based <i>YouthStyles</i> survey in 2018. The survey measured the frequency of self-reported lifetime SRR concussion, the setting of their most recent SRR concussion, whether a doctor or nurse evaluated them, and the types of activity restrictions they experienced.<b>Results</b>: Forty-three percent of youth surveyed sustained their most recent concussion while playing on a sports team, 21.1% while playing on a community-based team, and 36.0% while engaged in a sport or recreational activity. Nearly half (45.3%) reported having to miss playing sports or participating in physical activity for at least one day; about two in ten (19.7%) reported having to miss time on their phone or computer for at least one day.<b>Conclusion</b>: Despite wide-spread efforts to promote protocols for SRR concussion among youth, a third of participants in this study did not seek medical care and more than half did not miss at least one day of sports or physical activity participation following a concussion.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-9052",
doi="10.1080/02699052.2020.1723165",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2020.1723165"
}