Concussion severity and recovery in collegiate female athletes using synthetic progestin :

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Title: Concussion severity and recovery in collegiate female athletes using synthetic progestin :: a dissertation
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Subject: Concussion.--Brain, Progestational hormones.
Description: This research aimed to determine if there was a difference in concussion severity and/or recovery among collegiate female athletes following sports related concussion (SRC) between two groups: those athletes who used synthetic progestins and those who did not use synthetic progestins. A causal comparative design utilized data recorded through the CARE (CARE Consortium, 2018a) study and available through FITBIR (FITBIR, n.d.a) for the analysis of 536 concussion incidents; allowing for subsequent data extraction of symptom scores, total days to symptom resolution, and assignment to groups: (1) currently using synthetic progestins (n = 219) and (2) not currently using synthetic progestins (n = 317). Statistical matching was used to control for the co-variables of sport participation and prior concussion history. Following this process, paired t-tests were conducted across 378 concussion incidents (189 per group) to examine differences in somatization and total days to recovery. The use of synthetic progestins was associated with significantly less severe somatization across seven symptom scores (p < .001) and total symptom scores (p < .05). However, no significance was found in total recovery differences between groups (p = 0.865). These results indicate that use of synthetic progestins may result in decreased somatization severity following SRC. Further, these results contribute to existing evidence in support of a possible link between hormonal fluctuations associated with menstruation and somatization severity following SRC.
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Contributor: Holt, Catherine A. (Author)
Date: 2019-12-04
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Identifier: cali:815
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