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n 2022, a report in the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy found that college athletes who suffered a concussion possessed a 58% greater risk of sustaining a lower extremity musculoskeletal injury than those who did not have a history of concussion (RR = 1.58[1.30, 1.93]). Now, a new study by Gardner et al reports that for college male football players the odds of upper extremity injury in the year following first diagnosed concussion were 2.36 times higher (95% CI 1.13–4.95, p = 0.02).
Source: Gardner CH, Kotlier JL, Fathi, A, et al. NCAA football players are at higher risk of upper extremity injury after first-time concussion. The Physician and Sportsmedicine. 2024: 52(6), 556–560. https://doi.org/10.1080/00913847.2024.2327275.
