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To synthesize current evidence regarding the epidemiology, injury mechanisms, sex disparities, and neurobiological consequences of sports-related concussion in soccer.

July 1, 2020ConcussionOpen Access

Concussion in soccer: a comprehensive review of the literature

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JMJames MooneyVirginia Commonwealth University MSMitchell SelfThomas Jefferson University KRKarim ReFaeyJacksonville College

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Literature review reveals higher concussion rates during competition and among female athletes in soccer, highlighting the need for improved detection technologies and large-scale data.

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To synthesize current evidence regarding the epidemiology, injury mechanisms, sex disparities, and neurobiological consequences of sports-related concussion in soccer.
Screened 436 titles and abstracts, evaluated 121 full texts, and included 64 articles meeting selection criteria.
Synthesized data across epidemiology, injury mechanisms including purposeful heading, sex-specific differences, and neurochemical, neurostructural, and neurocognitive outcomes.
Concussion rates are higher during competitive matches compared to training and are elevated in female athletes relative to males.
Purposeful ball heading rarely results in concussion directly, with most concussive events arising from player-to-player contact.
A scarcity of high-level prospective studies exists, emphasizing an urgent requirement for standardized large-scale data collection and refined diagnostic technologies.

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Mooney et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a15eaa232de3075b8523e67 https://doi.org/10.2217/cnc-2020-0004

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Literature review reveals higher concussion rates during competition and among female athletes in soccer, highlighting the need for improved detection technologies and large-scale data.

Concussion in soccer: a comprehensive review of the literature

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Concussion in soccer: a comprehensive review of the literature

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