An Urgent Call for Concussion Incidence Measures in Para Sport for Athletes with Vision Impairment: A Narrative Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Sport-Specific Concussion Incidence
2.1. Blind Football
2.2. Goalball
2.3. Para Judo
2.4. Para Cycling
2.5. Para Swimming
2.6. Para Alpine Skiing
3. Challenges and Limitations of Current Epidemiological Research
4. Recommendations for Future Research
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Teodoro, J.I.; Irving, E.L.; Blaine, J.D.; Dalton, K.N. An Urgent Call for Concussion Incidence Measures in Para Sport for Athletes with Vision Impairment: A Narrative Review. Healthcare 2024, 12, 525. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12050525
Teodoro JI, Irving EL, Blaine JD, Dalton KN. An Urgent Call for Concussion Incidence Measures in Para Sport for Athletes with Vision Impairment: A Narrative Review. Healthcare. 2024; 12(5):525. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12050525
Chicago/Turabian StyleTeodoro, Juliette I., Elizabeth L. Irving, Jane D. Blaine, and Kristine N. Dalton. 2024. "An Urgent Call for Concussion Incidence Measures in Para Sport for Athletes with Vision Impairment: A Narrative Review" Healthcare 12, no. 5: 525. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12050525
APA StyleTeodoro, J. I., Irving, E. L., Blaine, J. D., & Dalton, K. N. (2024). An Urgent Call for Concussion Incidence Measures in Para Sport for Athletes with Vision Impairment: A Narrative Review. Healthcare, 12(5), 525. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12050525