Fascinating Research Article: Investigating the Relationship Between Concussion and Lower Extremity Injury

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Musculoskeletal Injuries and Their Association with Previous Concussion History: A Prospective Study of High School Volleyball and Soccer Players


This research article, from the American Journal of Sports Medicine, investigates whether incident rates of musculoskeletal injury is greater in adolescent athletes with a previous sports-related concussion than those without a previous sports-related concussion. With a secondary aim to determine whether there was a difference between female and male athletes.


The study was conducted on high school soccer and volleyball players recruited in 2 prospective cohort studies that observed 4837 athletes during their sporting season: 

  • At preseason, all participants reported demographics and sports-related concussion within the past 12 months. 
  • During the sport season, team athletic trainers electronically recorded athlete exposures and injury data, including injury characteristics.  
  • Injury rates and injury rate ratios (IRRs) with 95% confidence intervals were calculated. 
  • All injury rates and IRRs were adjusted for sex, age and sport. 

The study concluded that the rate of acute-noncontact lower extremity injury was 87% greater in participants with a previous sports-related concussion versus those without one. Specifically, the study found that female adolescent athletes who reported a sports-related concussion within the past 12 months were more likely to sustain acute-non contact lower extremity injury. 


How does this study to relate to dorsaVi’s Athletic Movement Index (AMI)? When athletes suffer a sports-related concussion, the return to play assessments they undergo fixate upon this concussion, not the impact this injury might have on their lower extremity. This study emphasises the importance of incorporating the AMI as part of the return to play assessment as an extra dimension of injury prevention and accurately assess the athlete’s lower extremity injury potential.


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