Abstract
AbstractObjective: The goals of this study are to evaluate the effectiveness of the curriculum for youth athletes and determine long-term retention in those who have previously participated. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Middle schools. Participants: 887 male and female sixth- through eighth-grade Physical Education students, ranging from ages 11 to 16 entered and 858 students finished the HSYS Program. Subjects (n = 29) were excluded if they did not complete their pre-workshop or post-workshop test. Interventions: The program is designed to be a 35–45 min workshop. Main Outcome Measures: Tests were administered before and after workshop participation to evaluate knowledge of concussion and response to head injury. Results: The aggregated pre-workshop and post-workshop mean test scores for participants from all five middle schools were 68% ± 2% and 85% ± 3%, respectively, which demonstrated significant improvement in test scores after participation in the HSYS Program (paired t-test, p < 0.00...
Highlights
The third International Conference on Concussion in Sport defines sports-related concussion as a “complex pathophysiological process affecting the brain, induced by traumatic biomechanical forces” (Marshall, 2012)
Postworkshop, MS2 students scored 85 ± 10%, which is comparable to the mean test scores for all participants in the Head Safety in Youth Sports (HSYS) Program (Figure 1)
The horizontal lines represent the number of students whose test score improved a specific amount after HSYS program exposure, which is quantified by the y-axis
Summary
The third International Conference on Concussion in Sport defines sports-related concussion as a “complex pathophysiological process affecting the brain, induced by traumatic biomechanical forces” (Marshall, 2012). Athletes between the age of 5 and 18 constitute 65% of all sports-related traumatic brain injuries treated in US emergency departments (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Nonfatal traumatic brain injuries, 2007). Many sports associations, such as the National Football League, have begun actively promoting programs aimed at the prevention of head injuries Formal education regarding the nature and risk of concussion and head injury is only required for coaches, employees, volunteers, and other adults involved with a youth athletic activity (Concussion Education Plan and Guidelines, 2015; Edwards & Bodle, 2014; Virginia Board of Education Guidelines for Policies, 2015). This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of an educational program focused on increasing the understanding of sports-related head injuries among middle school athletes
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