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jmanatVT

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Found an interesting paper on this topic (link)


Some interesting things:
Their literature review mentions:
- Generally, it seems football, wrestling, and hockey are the worst, soccer the lowest among contact sports; swimming, baseball, volleyball, etc. even less.
- Female sports have more concussions than their male counterparts pairwise
- "The few available data on high school football players suggest that more concussions are sustained by linebackers and running backs compared to other football positions."
- Older athletes more likely to get hurt*

Their study of athletes in HI:
- Same more female concussions than male in the same sport, except XC. As a former XC runner, this outlier doesn't surprise me.****
- Having had 1 concussion makes you more likely to have a 2nd
- Going by their adjustment accounting for age and sex, Wrestling&Martial Arts, Football, T&F**, Cheerleading, basketball, softball, soccer, baseball
- By position in football: RB, DB, K***, OL, QB, WR, DL, LB (but not statistically significant in this study, they suggest this may be due to players playing multiple positions impacting their data)

* They mention it, but didn't adjust for playing time. Suggest speed, strength, and previous concussions as factors, too.
** T&F would be interesting to see by event. Guessing there's meaningful stratification between runners/hurdlers/various field events
*** Kicker was a really small sample size
**** They suggest it may be due to biomechanical differences but also more likely to report/notice/etc.

(In response to this post by NightVisionHokie)

Link: LINK


Posted: 12/17/2021 at 2:43PM



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I love watching VT football but I won't let my son play it. . . -- NightVisionHokie 12/17/2021 12:31PM
  Found an interesting paper on this topic (link) -- jmanatVT 12/17/2021 2:43PM
  It's funny you mention wrestling. . . -- NightVisionHokie 12/17/2021 12:47PM
  Thankfully very few "blows to the head." ** -- EDGEMAN 12/17/2021 12:45PM
  A LOT more than you seem to think ** -- JoesterVT 12/17/2021 12:48PM
  Wrestled in high school, so I've seen a little. -- EDGEMAN 12/17/2021 12:58PM
  Be interesting to see the data...you might be rong -- JoesterVT 12/17/2021 1:05PM
  I won't keep him out of all sports -- NightVisionHokie 12/17/2021 1:22PM
  I am entertained by all sorts of things... -- Beerman 12/17/2021 12:35PM
  I let mine play early and he retired around 10-12 age -- bigbadbird 12/17/2021 12:33PM

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