Knowledge and management of sports concussions among coaches and certified athletic trainers in Alabama

摘要: OBJECTIVES: To identify modifiable barriers in resources, knowledge, and management that may improve the care of young athletes with concussions state Alabama. METHODS: An electronic survey was distributed to 2668 middle high school coaches contact sports Alabama, a paper completed by 79 certified athletic trainers (ATCs) 2010. Questions focused on their resource availability, knowledge based 2008 Consensus Statement Concussion Sport: 3rd International Conference Sport (commonly known as Zurich consensus statement), concussions. RESULTS: A total 402 (16% response rate) 55 ATCs (70% responded survey. This study highlights ATC coverage often is limited level, football, competitions. Both primarily use physicians make return-to-play decisions, although (43.7%) usually refer primary physicians, whereas (43.6%) orthopedic or medicine physicians. The also revealed desire education could expand concussion awareness providing parents athletes. No overall difference seen between ATCs; however, were more likely symptoms are positive for (P = 0.04). groups had difficulty recognizing subtle such trouble sleeping, personality changes, dizziness; they unaware strenuous mental activities delay recovery, scored significantly better than CONCLUSIONS: describes coaches' ATCs' varying techniques areas which targeted interventions outreach be useful. These include increased coach/ATC education, improved parent/athlete "return think" awareness, consistent Sports Assessment Tool 2. Keywords: American football; Language: en