Concussion Incidence in Elite College Soccer Players

摘要: A unique aspect of soccer is the use head for directing ball. The potential resultant injuries has been focus discussions worldwide. Prior work attributed neuropsychologic deficits to cumulative effects heading, without evaluating concussion rates in players. We prospectively studied seven men's and eight women's varsity teams Atlantic Coast Conference during two seasons document incidence. 29 concussions diagnosed over 2 years 26 athletes, 17 (59%) men 12 (41%) women, resulted from contact with an opponent's (8, 28%), elbow (4, 14%), knee (1, 3%), or foot 3%); ball (7, 24%); ground (3, 10%); concrete sidelines goalpost a combination objects 10%). Twenty (69%) occurred games; none intentional heading basic incidence was 0.96 per team season. overall 0.6 1000 athlete-exposures men, 0.4 women. By grade, there were 21 (72%) grade 1, 8 (28%) 2, no 3 concussions. These findings suggest that are more common than anticipated acute may have long-term changes.