专业女子冰球运动员脑震荡发生率和症状漏报情况。

The Incidence of Concussion and Symptom Non-Reporting Among Professional Women's Ice Hockey Players.

出版信息

Bull Hosp Jt Dis (2013). 2021;79(3):158-162.

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Female ice hockey players have rates of sports-related concussion that are similar to male participants at various levels of play, despite differences in the rules that do not allow for body checking in the women's game. At the elite level, there are limited data regarding concussion rates and concussion symptom reporting. Therefore, it was hypothesized that there would be a high incidence of concussion and concussion symptom-reporting in professional women's ice hockey players.

METHODS

A survey was given to 54 players in the National Women's Hockey League at the end of the 2018-2019 season. Players reported on the number of concussions diagnosed by a physician throughout their careers, the number of times they have had concussion symptoms, if they had ever continued playing after experiencing concussion symptoms, and if they had ever failed to report concussion symptoms to a medical professional or coach.

RESULTS

Fifty-four players completed the survey. Thirtyone (57%) respondents reported at least one concussion diagnosed during their playing career, with 16 (30%) reporting two or more diagnosed concussions. Thirty-six (67%) players reported experiencing concussion symptoms at least once, with 26 (48%) reporting two or more occurrences of such symptoms. Of the 36 players who had experienced symptoms of concussion, 25 (69%) reported that they continued playing at least once after experiencing concussion symptoms. Seventeen players (36%) reported that they did not initially tell anyone about their concussion symptoms on at least one occasion, while seven players (19%) never disclosed their symptoms.

CONCLUSION

There is a high incidence of sport-related concussions reported in women's professional ice hockey players as well as an alarming rate of symptom nonreporting.

CLINICAL RELEVANCE

This study provides new data on rates of concussion and symptom non-reporting among female professional ice hockey players and will aid clinicians in decision making when caring for these athletes.

摘要

背景

女性冰球运动员在各级比赛中的脑震荡发生率与男性参与者相似，尽管女子比赛中不允许身体接触，但规则存在差异。在精英级别，关于脑震荡发生率和脑震荡症状报告的数据有限。因此，假设职业女子冰球运动员的脑震荡发生率和脑震荡症状报告率会很高。

方法

在 2018-2019 赛季结束时，对全国女子曲棍球联盟的 54 名球员进行了一项调查。球员们报告了在整个职业生涯中被医生诊断出的脑震荡次数、出现脑震荡症状的次数、是否曾在出现脑震荡症状后继续比赛、是否曾未向医务人员或教练报告脑震荡症状。

结果

54 名球员完成了调查。31 名（57%）受访者报告至少在职业生涯中诊断出一次脑震荡，16 名（30%）报告两次或更多次诊断出脑震荡。36 名（67%）球员报告至少经历过一次脑震荡症状，其中 26 名（48%）报告出现过两次或更多次此类症状。在经历过脑震荡症状的 36 名球员中，25 名（69%）报告至少有一次在出现脑震荡症状后继续比赛。17 名（36%）球员报告至少有一次没有向任何人报告他们的脑震荡症状，而 7 名（19%）球员从未透露过他们的症状。