Conditional recommendations are made supporting preventive interventions concussion education and rules prohibiting high-risk activity for both pediatric and adult amateur athletes and neck strengthening exercise in adult amateur athletes .
Strong recommendations are supported for head protective equipment in both pediatric and adult amateur athletes .
Strong recommendations regarding newer football helmet technology in adult amateur athletes and rules governing the implementation of body-checking in youth ice hockey are supported .
Background Awareness of the magnitude of contact sports-related concussions has risen exponentially in recent years .
Our objective is to conduct a prospect ively registered systematic review of the scientific evidence regarding interventions to prevent contact sports-related concussions .
Evaluation of the ThinkFirst Canada, Smart Hockey, brain and spinal cord injury prevention video
Objective : The ThinkFirst Canada Smart Hockey program is an educational injury prevention video that teaches the mechanisms , consequences , and prevention of brain and spinal cord injury in ice hockey . This study evaluates knowledge transfer and behavioural outcomes in 11–12 year old hockey players who viewed the video . Design : R and omized controlled design . Setting : Greater Toronto Minor Hockey League , Toronto Ontario . Subjects : Minor , competitive 11–12 year old male ice hockey players and hockey team coaches . Interventions : The Smart Hockey video was shown to experimental teams at mid-season . An interview was conducted with coaches to underst and reasons to accept or refuse the injury prevention video . Main outcome measures : A test of concussion knowledge was administered before , immediately after , and three months after exposure to the video . The incidence of aggressive penalties was measured before and after viewing the video . Results : The number of causes and mechanisms of concussion named by players increased from 1.13 to 2.47 and from 0.67 to 1.22 respectively . This effect was maintained at three months . There was no significant change in control teams . There was no significant change in total penalties after video exposure ; however , specific body checking related penalties were significantly reduced in the experimental group . Conclusion : This study showed some improvements in knowledge and behaviours after a single viewing of a video ; however , these findings require confirmation with a larger sample to underst and the sociobehavioural aspects of sport that determine the effectiveness and acceptance of injury prevention interventions
Conditional recommendations are made supporting preventive interventions concussion education and rules prohibiting high-risk activity for both pediatric and adult amateur athletes and neck strengthening exercise in adult amateur athletes .
Strong recommendations are supported for head protective equipment in both pediatric and adult amateur athletes .
Strong recommendations regarding newer football helmet technology in adult amateur athletes and rules governing the implementation of body-checking in youth ice hockey are supported .
Background Awareness of the magnitude of contact sports-related concussions has risen exponentially in recent years .
Our objective is to conduct a prospect ively registered systematic review of the scientific evidence regarding interventions to prevent contact sports-related concussions .