Castellanos, Joel
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Phoo, Cheng Perng
Eckner, James T. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9630-0048
Franco, Lea
Broglio, Steven P.
McCrea, Mike
McAllister, Thomas
Wiens, Jenna
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Collegiate Athletic Association
U.S. Department of Defense (W81XWH-BA170608)
Article History
First Online: 24 December 2020
Declarations
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: This project was supported, in part, with support from the Grand Alliance Concussion Assessment, Research, and Education (CARE) Consortium, funded, in part by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Department of Defense (DOD). The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, 820 Chandler Street, Fort Detrick MD 21702-5014 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 Combat Casualty Care Program, endorsed by the Department of Defense under Award No. W81XWH-BA170608. Opinions, interpretations, conclusions and recommendations are those of the author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.
: The authors whose names are listed immediately below certify that they have NO affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest (such as honoraria; educational grants; participation in speakers’ bureaus; membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest; and expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements), or non-financial interest (such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge or beliefs) in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript: Castellanos and Wiens. The authors whose names are listed immediately below certify that grant support for this project was received from the Grand Alliance Concussion Assessment, Research, and Education (CARE) Consortium, funded, in part by the NCAA and the DoD: Phoo, Eckner, Franco, Broglio, McCrea, McAllister. The authors whose names are listed immediately below also certify that travel support was provided by the Grand Alliance Concussion Assessment, Research, and Education (CARE) Consortium, funded, in part by the NCAA and the DoD: Eckner, Franco, Broglio, and McCrea. The authors whose names are listed immediately below certify additional disclosures that do not have financial interest in the subject matter discussed in this manuscript as detailed in their author declaration forms: Eckner (patent, grant funding), Broglio (consultation, expert testimony, grant funding, advisory and editorial boards), and McCrea (grant funding, consultation).
: Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval was obtained at the University of Michigan (lead study site), with US Department of Defense Human Research Protection Office approval as well as local IRB approval at each participating site. This study was performed in accordance with the standards of ethics outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: All participants provided informed written consent.
: Not applicable. No identifiable information or images are included in this publication.
: CARE Consortium data are publically available upon request from the Federal Interagency Traumatic Brain Injury Research (FITBIR) Informatics System.
: The authors are willing to provide the data analysis code upon written request.
: Dr. Castellanos contributed to the conception and design of the work; data interpretation; drafting and revision of the manuscript. He approved the final published version and agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work. Mr. Phoo contributed to the design of the work; data analysis and interpretation; drafting and revision of the manuscript. He approved the final published version and agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work. Dr. Eckner contributed to the conception and design of the work; data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation; drafting and revision of the manuscript. He approved the final published version and agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work. Ms. Franco contributed to data acquisition and interpretation; critical revision of the manuscript for intellectual content. She approved the final published version and agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work. Drs. Broglio, McCrea, and McAllister contributed to the design of the work; data interpretation; critical revision of the manuscript for intellectual content. They approved the final published version and agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work. Dr. Wiens contributed to the conception and design of the work; data analysis and interpretation; drafting and revision of the manuscript. She approved the final published version and agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work. The CARE Consortium Investigators (Ms. Hoy, Dr. Kelly, Dr. Jackson, Mr. Kelly, Dr. Buckley, Dr. Clugston, Dr. Ortega, Dr. Kontos, Dr. Giza, Dr. Mihalik, Dr. Rowson) contributed to data acquisition and interpretation and critical revision of the manuscript for intellectual content. They approved the final published version and agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work.