Association of early versus late care seeking for sport-related concussion in adolescent athletes in Canada: a historical cohort study
Adolescent athletes with SRC have favourable recovery trajectories when presenting for care up to 28 days. Time to recovery (clinician clearance to return to sport) may be quicker with an earlier presentation which can lead to a faster return to sport.
Authors
- Cameron Marshall
- Mohsen Kazemi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7327-5860)
- David J. Oh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7396-0082)
- Carol Cancelliere (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1883-4970)
- Sheilah Hogg-Johnson
- Darrin Germann
Institutions
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CA)
- Ontario Tech University (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Centre for Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2024-002241
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00