@article{ref1,
title="Association between sports participation history and age of first exposure to high-risk sports with concussion history",
journal="Research in sports medicine",
year="2021",
author="Caccese, Jaclyn and Schmidt, Julianne and Moody, Jena and Broglio, Steven and McAllister, Thomas and McCrea, Michael and Pasquina, Paul and Buckley, Thomas and Investigators, Care Consortium",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The purpose of this study was to examine the association between sports participation history, including estimated age of first exposure (eAFE) to high-risk sports, and concussion history in first year (i.e., freshmen) collegiate athletes. Athletes increased their odds of sustaining a pre-college concussion by 5% [odds ratio(OR) = 1.05 (95%CI:1.05-1.06)] for each additional year of contact sports participation - 24% of all student athletes reported one or more pre-college concussions. When eAFE was analysed dichotomously at age 12, a greater proportion of those who started playing football before age 12 reported a positive concussion history compared to those who started playing football at age 12 or later (Х(2) = 4.483, p = 0.034, Phi = 0.049). When eAFE was analysed continuously, later eAFE to women's high-risk sports was associated with a lower likelihood of sustaining a pre-college concussion [OR = 0.93 (95%CI:0.88-0.98)]. Our findings suggest that there is a relationship between eAFE to football and to women's high-risk sports and concussion history.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1543-8627",
doi="10.1080/15438627.2021.1966008",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15438627.2021.1966008"
}