Exploring the role of cervical spine endurance as a predictor of concussion risk and recovery following sports related concussion

Injury Reduction Programs for Reducing the Incidence of Sport-Related Head and Neck Injuries Including Concussion: A Systematic Review

“…A total of 25 studies underwent full text screening, of which six were included in the review. [40,43,42,39,41,38] Results of the study selection are summarised in Figure 2. Two observational studies (total n=6792 male and female high school and university athletes) explored the relationship between neck strength and SRC.…”

“…Two observational studies (total n=6792 male and female high school and university athletes) explored the relationship between neck strength and SRC. [38,39] Four experimental studies (total n=3953 predominantly male adolescent and adult athletes) investigated the effect of an exercise intervention which included neck exercises on incidence of (a) head and/or neck injuries, and/or (b) SRC. [42,43,41,40] ***insert Figure 2 here***…”

“…A meta-analysis was not performed due to the heterogenous characteristics of the included studies in terms of study design (observational, [38,39] cohort, [40,41], cluster RCT [42,43]), sport,(rugby [42,43,41] and mixed sports [38][39][40]), age of athletes (adolescents [38,40,42] and adults [39,41,43]) as well as differences in injury definitions and intervention characteristics which would have resulted in spurious pooling of injury risk estimates. Data were explored qualitatively for the relationship between neck strength and sport-related head and neck injuries.…”

“…Two studies examined the relationship between neck strength and SRC using an observational study design with differing results. [38,39] In the study by Collins et al (2014) [38] high school athletes (n=6662) were recruited from three sports commonly played by male and female participants; lacrosse, football/soccer and basketball. SRC incidence was reported through an existing surveillance system by licensed health practitioners.…”

The Outcome of Cervical Spine Injury Associated with Traumatic Brain Injuries: Tertiary Care Hospital Study

“…In another study of suspected sports-related concussion can be demonstrated with a broadly showcasing coinciding cervical trauma which leads to the essential impact on results and as well as on the management of the patient [17] while in another study the outcomes suggest that cervical spine injuries may because of persistent symptoms following concussion that is related to sports and this may cause prolonged clinical recovery [18] in our study, we had did not have any case related to sports injury the main mode of injury was trauma, fall and assault.…”