Constellation of concussion symptoms among the US high school athletes by sport and concussion type (new vs recurrent)*, National High School Sports-Related Injury Surveillance Study, USA, 2005–2010
| Concussion symptoms†‡ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Headache | Dizziness/unsteadiness | Concentration difficulty | Confusion/disorientation | Light/noise sensitivity | Nausea | Amnesia | Loss of consciousness |
| Football | ||||||||
| New | 85.1% | 63.9% | 49.3% | 45.0% | 27.1% | 25.9% | 24.9% | 2.8% |
| Recurrent | 87.3% | 68.0% | 59.4% | 48.5% | 40.4% | 34.4% | 28.4% | 5.5% |
| Boys' soccer | ||||||||
| New | 86.9% | 64.1% | 42.4% | 39.8% | 29.9% | 24.2% | 32.1% | 7.9% |
| Recurrent | 66.0% | 73.1% | 13.2% | 31.0% | 32.3% | 16.6% | 11.3% | 1.5% |
| Girls' soccer | ||||||||
| New | 91.5% | 60.9% | 47.7% | 29.6% | 28.7% | 27.0% | 13.0% | 2.3% |
| Recurrent | 87.1% | 52.8% | 55.4% | 34.7% | 32.5% | 27.4% | 15.8% | 8.2% |
| Volleyball | ||||||||
| New | 85.7% | 62.6% | 47.1% | 35.7% | 27.5% | 32.4% | 18.2% | 8.4% |
| Recurrent | 96.9% | 63.9% | 51.5% | 11.5% | 54.9% | 38.9% | 5.0% | 5.0% |
| Boys' basketball | ||||||||
| New | 85.1% | 75.2% | 51.3% | 34.6% | 44.4% | 24.6% | 30.6% | 3.4% |
| Recurrent | 100.0% | 31.0% | 49.1% | 34.4% | 11.8% | 6.6% | 11.0% | 5.2% |
| Girls' basketball | ||||||||
| New | 83.6% | 67.3% | 47.9% | 34.7% | 34.4% | 24.9% | 14.8% | 6.3% |
| Recurrent | 60.0% | 63.5% | 43.2% | 21.4% | 34.0% | 24.3% | 2.5% | 1.0% |
| Wrestling | ||||||||
| New | 83.5% | 70.2% | 47.7% | 34.8% | 45.9% | 35.3% | 24.2% | 10.4% |
| Recurrent | 84.9% | 54.6% | 62.4% | 22.8% | 37.0% | 38.6% | 17.1% | 27.3% |
| Baseball | ||||||||
| New | 79.6% | 65.6% | 49.9% | 49.1% | 35.3% | 27.8% | 24.1% | 15.8% |
| Recurrent | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 18.3% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 81.6% |
| Softball | ||||||||
| New | 86.2% | 72.0% | 21.9% | 33.6% | 22.4% | 15.6% | 10.6% | 8.6% |
| Recurrent | 90.8% | 88.0% | 82.8% | 54.6% | 61.0% | 60.8% | 32.0% | 18.5% |
| Total | ||||||||
| New | 86.3% | 64.6% | 47.2% | 39.7% | 29.6% | 26.0% | 22.7% | 4.4% |
| Recurrent | 82.5% | 64.3% | 51.4% | 38.4% | 37.0% | 29.8% | 20.2% | 7.7% |
| Gender-Comparable# | ||||||||
| Boys' | ||||||||
| New | 85.9% | 66.8% | 45.1% | 39.3% | 33.7% | 24.6% | 31.1% | 7.5% |
| Recurrent | 72.5% | 69.0% | 22.9% | 35.3% | 28.8% | 14.3% | 16.3% | 6.5% |
| Girls' | ||||||||
| New | 89.1% | 63.7% | 44.6% | 31.2% | 29.2% | 25.1% | 13.1% | 4.0% |
| Recurrent | 79.9% | 58.9% | 54.5% | 32.8% | 35.4% | 29.5% | 13.6% | 7.1% |
| Total | ||||||||
| New | 87.9% | 64.9% | 44.8% | 34.4% | 30.9% | 24.9% | 20.2% | 5.4% |
| Recurrent | 77.2% | 62.5% | 43.0% | 33.7% | 33.0% | 24.0% | 14.6% | 6.9% |
↵* Numbers based on nationally weighted data.
↵† Symptoms not mutually exclusive, ATs could record multiple symptoms for each concussion. All percentages are the per cent within the specific sport reporting the symptom.
↵‡ Only symptoms reported in >25% of concussions, amnesia and loss of consciousness are included here.
↵# Gender-comparable sports include soccer, basketball and baseball/softball.