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Titre : | Why are female soccer players experiencing a concussion more often than their male counterparts? : a scoping review (2021) |
Auteurs : | Rebecca Jane Blyth ; Mark Alcock ; Dr Steve Tumilty |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Physical therapy in sport (Vol. 52, November 2021) |
Article en page(s) : | p. 54-68 |
Note générale : | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2021.08.001 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Descripteurs : |
HE Vinci Accélération ; Commotion de l'encéphale ; Études transversales ; Femmes ; Football ; Football américain ; Hommes ; Humains ; Traumatismes sportifs |
Mots-clés: | Concussion rate ; Head acceleration |
Résumé : |
Background: The risk of concussion is particularly high in female soccer players. There is no consensus as to why female soccer players are at an elevated risk.
Objective: To synthesise current evidence investigating reasons for the increased concussion rate in female soccer players. Sources: Searching of six databases (MEDLINE, Scopus, CINAHL, SportDiscus, Web of Science and the Cochrane Library) and grey literature was performed between 13/07/2020-31/07/2020. Keywords were concussion-related terms, terms relating to female football/soccer and terms relating to the mechanism/cause. No constraints were placed on publication date and quantitative or exploratory studies meeting inclusion criteria were eligible. Exclusion criteria were studies not published in English and qualitative studies. Results: Several hypotheses were identified to explain increased concussion rates in female soccer players, these include, reduced neck strength/anthropometrics, increased head acceleration, increased ball-to-head concussions, differences in hormones and brain structure/function, and reduced visual awareness. Conclusion: Promising ideas/reasons have been identified for increased concussion rates in female soccer players. Despite hypothesis generation there is scarce high-level evidence which is required to guide injury prevention and/or rule changes to protect female soccer players. The level of evidence for included studies is level 2-3 with most being observational cross-sectional or cohort studies. |
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