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Is It Time To Give Athletes A Voice In The Dissemination Strategies Of Concussion-Related Information? Exploratory Examination Of 2444 Adolescent Athletes, Mark Beakey, Brian Keenan, Stephen Tiernan, Kieran Collins
Is It Time To Give Athletes A Voice In The Dissemination Strategies Of Concussion-Related Information? Exploratory Examination Of 2444 Adolescent Athletes, Mark Beakey, Brian Keenan, Stephen Tiernan, Kieran Collins
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Objective: The objective of the research was to screen male and female adolescent athletes on their concussion educational histories and preferred future methods of education in terms of educational messenger, modality, and concussion-related areas of interest.
Design: Cross-sectional survey.
Setting: Examination setting within the classroom.
Participants: Adolescent male (n = 1854) and female (n = 590) athletes aged 12 to 18 years.
Main outcome measures: To explore the concussion educational histories and preferred future methods of education in Irish male and female adolescent athletes.
Results: 19.7% (n = 482) of the sample received education in the past 12 months. Male …