Garcia, Gian-Gabriel P. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9315-0195
Czerniak, Lauren L.
Lavieri, Mariel S.
Liebel, Spencer W.
Van Pelt, Kathryn L.
Pasquina, Paul F.
McAllister, Thomas W.
McCrea, Michael A.
Broglio, Steven P.
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Kelly, Louise A.
Ortega, Justus D.
Cameron, Kenneth L.
Goldman, Joshua T.
Benjamin, Holly J.
Buckley, Thomas
Kaminski, Thomas W.
Clugston, James R.
Schmidt, Julianne
Feigenbaum, Luis A.
Eckner, James T.
Mihalik, Jason P.
Anderson, Scott A.
Master, Christina L.
Kontos, Anthony P.
Chrismas, Sara
Brooks, Alison
Miles, Chris
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Science Foundation (DGE 1256260)
National Collegiate Athletic Association
U.S. Department of Defense (W81XWH-14-2-0151)
Article History
Accepted: 25 July 2023
First Online: 23 August 2023
Declarations
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: GPG led the design of the study, data analysis, and writing of the manuscript. LLC and MSL contributed to the design of the study, data analysis, and writing of the manuscript. SWL contributed to the interpretation of results and writing of the manuscript. KLV contributed to the derivation of injury rates, interpretation of results, and writing of the manuscript. PFP, TWM, and MAM aided in obtaining the dataset, securing funding, and revising the manuscript. SPB contributed to the design of the study, data acquisition, interpretation of results, and writing of the manuscript.
: LLC, MSL, SWL, and PFP have no conflicts of interest; GPG was a paid consultant for Synaptek LLC NSF SBIR (Award 2051965); KLV is co-founder and has equity interest in concussion management software company Synaptek LLC; TWM has current or past research funding from the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, and National Collegiate Athletic Association; MAM has current or past research funding from the Department of Defense and National Collegiate Athletic Association; SPB has current or past research funding from the National Institutes of Health; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Department of Defense—USA Medical Research Acquisition Activity, National Collegiate Athletic Association; National Athletic Trainers’ Association Foundation; National Football League/Under Armour/GE; Simbex; and ElmindA. He has consulted for US Soccer (paid), US Cycling (unpaid), University of Calgary SHRed Concussions external advisory board (unpaid), medico-legal litigation, and received speaker honorarium and travel reimbursements for talks given. He is co-author of “Biomechanics of Injury (3rd edition)” and has a patent pending on “Brain Metabolism Monitoring Through CCO Measurements Using All-Fiber-Integrated Super-Continuum Source” (U.S. Application No. 17/164,490). He is/was on the editorial boards (all unpaid) for Journal of Athletic Training (2015 to present), Concussion (2014 to present), Athletic Training & Sports Health Care (2008 to present), and British Journal of Sports Medicine (2008 to 2019).
: This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship under Grant No. DGE 1256260. This publication was also made possible, in part, by support from the Grand Alliance CARE Consortium, funded by the NCAA and the Department of Defense. The US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, 820 Chandler Street, Fort Detrick, MD 21702-5014, USA, is the awarding and administering acquisition office. This work was supported by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs through the Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Program under Award no. W81XWH-14-2-0151. Opinions, interpretations, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Department of Defense (Defense Health Program funds).
: This research study follows the standards of ethics stated in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: All individuals provided written informed consent that was approved by their local institution review board and the US Army Human Research Protection Office.
: The NCAA-DoD CARE dataset is available in the FITBIR database ().
: The Python code is accessible by contacting the corresponding author.