Why are female soccer players experiencing a concussion more often than their male counterparts? A scoping review

Blyth, Rebecca; Alcock, Mark; Tumilty, Steve

doi:10.1016/j.ptsp.2021.08.001

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“…48 Indeed, female soccer players seem to be at an elevated risk of concussion due to increased ball-to head impact. 49 However, despite these limitations, this study presents several strengths. To date, no previous study focusing on cerebral modifications in athletes exposed to repetitive subconcussive head impacts has employed a combination of these different neuroimaging modalities with the aim of detecting subtle brain abnormalities.…”

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“… 48 Indeed, female soccer players seem to be at an elevated risk of concussion due to increased ball-to head impact. 49 …”

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“…Although it has been found that male players are more frequently exposed to heading than female players,24 studies suggest that subconcussion and its consequences are also relevant to female players 48. Indeed, female soccer players seem to be at an elevated risk of concussion due to increased ball-to head impact 49…”

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Cerebral and cognitive modifications in retired professional soccer players: TC-FOOT protocol, a transverse analytical study

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IntroductionSoccer is the most popular sport in the world. This contact sport carries the risk of exposure to repeated head impacts in the form of subconcussions, defined as minimal brain injuries following head impact, with no symptom of concussion. While it has been suggested that exposure to repetitive subconcussive events can result in long-term neurophysiological modifications, and the later development of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the consequences of these repeated impacts remain controversial and largely unexplored in the context of soccer players.Methods and analysisThis is a prospective, single-centre, exposure/non-exposure, transverse study assessing the MRI and neuropsychological abnormalities in professional retired soccer players exposed to subconcussive impacts, compared with high-level athletes not exposed to head impacts. The primary outcome corresponds to the results of MRI by advanced MRI techniques (diffusion tensor, cerebral perfusion, functional MRI, cerebral volumetry and cortical thickness, spectroscopy, susceptibility imaging). Secondary outcomes are the results of the neuropsychological tests: number of errors and time to complete tests. We hypothesise that repeated subconcussive impacts could lead to morphological lesions and impact on soccer players’ cognitive skills in the long term.Ethics and disseminationEthics approval has been obtained and the study was approved by the Comité de Protection des Personnes (CPP) No 2021-A01169-32. Study findings will be disseminated by publication in a high-impact international journal. Results will be presented at national and international imaging meetings.Trial registration numberNCT04903015.

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“… 48 Indeed, female soccer players seem to be at an elevated risk of concussion due to increased ball-to head impact. 49 …”

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“…The growing body of research on SRC and gender suggests that females experience concussion more frequently, experience more severe symptoms and take longer than males to recover. [64][65][66][67] These studies correct the historic male bias in SRC research, which led previous CSs to rely on evidence drawn from study samples that were overall 80.1% male. 68 Also concerning is the dominance in this literature that attributes patterns of incidence and impact to physical (eg, visual awareness, neck strength) and physiological (eg, hormonal, brain structure) rather than social factors (eg, reporting behaviours).…”

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Sport-related concussion research agenda beyond medical science: culture, ethics, science, policy

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The Concussion in Sport Group guidelines have successfully brought the attention of brain injuries to the global medical and sport research communities, and has significantly impacted brain injury-related practices and rules of international sport. Despite being the global repository of state-of-the-art science, diagnostic tools and guides to clinical practice, the ensuing consensus statements remain the object of ethical and sociocultural criticism. The purpose of this paper is to bring to bear a broad range of multidisciplinary challenges to the processes and products of sport-related concussion movement. We identify lacunae in scientific research and clinical guidance in relation to age, disability, gender and race. We also identify, through multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary analysis, a range of ethical problems resulting from conflicts of interest, processes of attributing expertise in sport-related concussion, unjustifiably narrow methodological control and insufficient athlete engagement in research and policy development. We argue that the sport and exercise medicine community need to augment the existing research and practice foci to understand these problems more holistically and, in turn, provide guidance and recommendations that help sport clinicians better care for brain-injured athletes.

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Mental Health and Sport-Related Concussion

Jeckell

2022

Mental Health Care for Elite Athletes

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Why are female soccer players experiencing a concussion more often than their male counterparts? A scoping review

Cited by 17 publications

References 47 publications

Cerebral and cognitive modifications in retired professional soccer players: TC-FOOT protocol, a transverse analytical study

Cerebral and cognitive modifications in retired professional soccer players: TC-FOOT protocol, a transverse analytical study

Sport-related concussion research agenda beyond medical science: culture, ethics, science, policy

Mental Health and Sport-Related Concussion

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