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Return to Full Participation Following Concussion in the National Football League, 2015 Through 2020.
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Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine . Nov2022, Vol. 32 Issue 6, pe605-e613. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Objective: Quantify days missed, games missed, injury burden, and time to return to full participation (RTFP) among National Football League (NFL) players who sustained a concussion. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: 2015 through 2020 NFL seasons. Participants: National Football League players diagnosed with a concussion from 2015 to 2020. Interventions: National Football League-mandated graduated RTFP protocol. Main Outcome Measures: Days missed, games missed, burden, and time to RTFP, overall and by position. Results: An annual average of 3639 player-days of participation and 255 games were missed across NFL because of concussion. Concussed players missed a median of 9 days (mean = 15.0), a relatively stable metric over 6 years, with slight variation by position. Offensive linemen, tight ends, running backs, and linebackers missed the most days per concussion; defensive secondary, offensive linemen, and wide receivers sustained the highest injury burden. Postconcussion, 59% of players missed one or more scheduled games. Among players concussed in a Sunday game, 38% played in a Sunday game one week later. Conclusions: The 9-day median time missed post-concussion may be related to emphasis on graduated phase-based concussion management. No concussed player returned to competition on the day of injury, and less than 40% participated in games the following week. Further work is needed to better understand characteristics of concussions that take longer to return and movement through stages of return. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1050642X
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 159950273
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/JSM.0000000000001050