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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the incidence rate of concussions in wheelchair basketball.
SETTING: Wheelchair basketball tournaments during the
2009 to 2010 season. PARTICIPANTS: Wheelchair basketball players (N=263) ranging
in age from 18 to 60 years. INTERVENTION: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:
Participants completed a survey on their concussion history including how many
concussions they have sustained, how many days they refrained from physical
activity because of injury, to whom they reported their injury, and reasons for
not reporting an injury if they did not. Participants also provided demographic
information about their disability, age, sex, and length of wheelchair use and
sports participation. RESULTS: Within the sample of 263 wheelchair basketball
players, 6.1% reported experiencing a concussion in the current season. Of those
experiencing concussions during the current season, 44% did not report their
concussion. Of those not reporting the incident, 67% did not because they did not
want to be removed from physical activity. Analysis by sex indicated that 5.82%
of the male athletes sustained a concussion during the current season, and 14.36%
had sustained an injury during their athletic career. Female athletes, however,
sustained concussions at a higher rate, with 6.67% having concussions during the
current season and 30.6% during their athletic careers. Women were also 2.5 times
more likely to sustain a concussion than men. Athletes were most likely to report
their concussion to their coach (60% of concussed athletes). CONCLUSIONS: The
current investigation was consistent with previous research in that women were
more likely to sustain a concussion than men, and injury rates were similar to
those in able-bodied basketball. Further work is needed in concussion assessment
in persons with disability, as well as greater education concerning concussion in
disability sports.
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