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Epidemiology and Incidence of Pediatric Concussions in General Aspects of Life
Background: Concussions are one of the most common head injuries acquired within the pediatric population. While sport-related concussions are well documented, concussions within other aspects of a child’s life are not as well researched. The purpose of this study is to examine the incidence of a la...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6827131/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31569649 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci9100257 |
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author | Yaramothu, Chang Goodman, Arlene M. Alvarez, Tara L. |
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description | Background: Concussions are one of the most common head injuries acquired within the pediatric population. While sport-related concussions are well documented, concussions within other aspects of a child’s life are not as well researched. The purpose of this study is to examine the incidence of a large pediatric concussion population in a broad range of daily activities. Methods: Patients’ gender and nature of injury were extracted from 1408 medical records of patients who were diagnosed with a concussion at Saint Peter’s Sports Medicine Institute. Statistical analyses were conducted for activities and environmental settings using chi-squared tests. Results: Concussions were most prevalent in organized sports (53.3%), followed by injuries within the following settings: school (16.5%), recreational (6.7%), motor vehicle collisions (6.6%), home (5.5%), and other (11.3%). Specifically, soccer (12.9%), school physical education (PE) class (10.6%), and football (9.8%) subcategories recorded the most incidences of concussion. For the PE class cohort (n = 149), significantly more females were diagnosed with a concussion compared to males (p < 0.001). Conclusions: PE-related concussions had the second highest incidence rate after organized sports. A significant gender difference was observed in PE class. Awareness about concussions and methods to reduce the risk of concussion is suggested for PE classes. |
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spelling | pubmed-68271312019-11-18 Epidemiology and Incidence of Pediatric Concussions in General Aspects of Life Yaramothu, Chang Goodman, Arlene M. Alvarez, Tara L. Brain Sci Article Background: Concussions are one of the most common head injuries acquired within the pediatric population. While sport-related concussions are well documented, concussions within other aspects of a child’s life are not as well researched. The purpose of this study is to examine the incidence of a large pediatric concussion population in a broad range of daily activities. Methods: Patients’ gender and nature of injury were extracted from 1408 medical records of patients who were diagnosed with a concussion at Saint Peter’s Sports Medicine Institute. Statistical analyses were conducted for activities and environmental settings using chi-squared tests. Results: Concussions were most prevalent in organized sports (53.3%), followed by injuries within the following settings: school (16.5%), recreational (6.7%), motor vehicle collisions (6.6%), home (5.5%), and other (11.3%). Specifically, soccer (12.9%), school physical education (PE) class (10.6%), and football (9.8%) subcategories recorded the most incidences of concussion. For the PE class cohort (n = 149), significantly more females were diagnosed with a concussion compared to males (p < 0.001). Conclusions: PE-related concussions had the second highest incidence rate after organized sports. A significant gender difference was observed in PE class. Awareness about concussions and methods to reduce the risk of concussion is suggested for PE classes. MDPI 2019-09-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6827131/ /pubmed/31569649 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci9100257 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Yaramothu, Chang Goodman, Arlene M. Alvarez, Tara L. Epidemiology and Incidence of Pediatric Concussions in General Aspects of Life |
title | Epidemiology and Incidence of Pediatric Concussions in General Aspects of Life |
title_full | Epidemiology and Incidence of Pediatric Concussions in General Aspects of Life |
title_fullStr | Epidemiology and Incidence of Pediatric Concussions in General Aspects of Life |
title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiology and Incidence of Pediatric Concussions in General Aspects of Life |
title_short | Epidemiology and Incidence of Pediatric Concussions in General Aspects of Life |
title_sort | epidemiology and incidence of pediatric concussions in general aspects of life |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6827131/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31569649 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci9100257 |
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