作者: William P. Meehan , Pierre d’Hemecourt , Christy L. Collins , R. Dawn Comstock
关键词: Suicide prevention 、 Fisher's exact test 、 Confounding 、 Family medicine 、 Occupational safety and health 、 Human factors and ergonomics 、 Poison control 、 Physical therapy 、 Medicine 、 Injury prevention 、 Logistic regression
摘要: Background: Little existing data describe which medical professionals and studies are used to assess sport-related concussions in high school athletes.Purpose: To the providers when assessing concussions. determine effects of provider type on timing return play, frequency imaging, neuropsychological testing.Study Design: Descriptive epidemiology study.Methods: All recorded by High School Reporting Information Online (HS RIO) injury surveillance system during 2009 2010 academic year were included. χ2 analyses conducted for categorical variables. Fisher exact test was nonparametric data. Logistic regression adjusting potential confounders. Statistical significance considered P < .05.Results: The HS RIO 1056 concussions, representing 14.6% all injuries. Most (94.4%) assessed athleti...