Estimated age of first exposure to American football and outcome from concussion.
Jaclyn B CacceseZac HouckThomas W KaminskiJames R ClugstonGrant L IversonKelsey N BrykJessie R OldhamPaul F PasquinaSteven P BroglioThomas W McAllisterMichael McCreaApril Marie Reed HoyJoseph B HazzardLouise A KellyJustus D OrtegaNicholas PortMargot PutukianT Dianne LangfordChristopher C GizaJoshua T GoldmanHolly J BenjaminJulianne D SchmidtLuis A FeigenbaumJames T EcknerJason P MihalikJessica Dysart MilesScott AndersonChristina L MasterMicky W CollinsAnthony P KontosSara P D ChrismanAlison BrooksJonathan C JacksonGerald McGintyKenneth L CameronAdam SusmarskiPatrick G O'DonnellStefan DumaSteve RowsonChristopher M MilesChristopher T BullersBrian H DykhuizenLaura LintnerThomas A Buckleynull nullPublished in: Neurology (2020)
Earlier eAFE to American football was not associated with longer symptom recovery, worse balance, worse cognitive performance, or greater psychological distress following concussion. In these NCAA football players, longer duration of exposure to football during childhood and adolescence appears to be unrelated to clinical recovery following concussion.