Do mouthguards prevent concussion?

Paul McCrory

doi:10.1136/bjsm.35.2.81

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Do mouthguards prevent concussion?

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Mar 2001	0	51	13
Apr 2001	0	119	16
May 2001	0	61	0
Jun 2001	0	16	2
Jul 2001	0	30	2
Aug 2001	0	16	1
Sep 2001	0	15	3
Oct 2001	0	13	1
Nov 2001	0	20	1
Dec 2001	0	11	4
Jan 2002	0	29	2
Feb 2002	0	13	2
Mar 2002	0	32	2
Apr 2002	0	26	4
May 2002	0	18	3
Jun 2002	0	10	1
Jul 2002	0	14	2
Aug 2002	0	18	2
Sep 2002	0	35	5
Oct 2002	0	30	2
Nov 2002	0	23	6
Dec 2002	0	8	0
Jan 2003	0	29	3
Feb 2003	0	12	2
Mar 2003	0	17	3
Apr 2003	0	11	0
May 2003	0	15	2
Jun 2003	0	13	2
Jul 2003	0	67	1
Aug 2003	0	22	4
Sep 2003	0	19	4
Oct 2003	1	24	7
Nov 2003	0	19	5
Dec 2003	0	18	4
Jan 2004	1	96	2
Feb 2004	0	81	8
Mar 2004	0	60	1
Apr 2004	0	17	0
May 2004	2	36	4
Jun 2004	0	19	9
Jul 2004	2	34	7
Aug 2004	0	62	7
Sep 2004	0	66	13
Oct 2004	33	66	15
Nov 2004	41	99	24
Dec 2004	42	61	13
Jan 2005	21	50	17
Feb 2005	42	66	16
Mar 2005	52	84	29
Apr 2005	35	72	22
May 2005	39	64	8
Jun 2005	19	51	8
Jul 2005	20	34	22
Aug 2005	29	52	14
Sep 2005	33	62	17
Oct 2005	51	94	20
Nov 2005	46	95	23
Dec 2005	32	32	13
Jan 2006	14	28	28
Feb 2006	25	47	65
Mar 2006	33	55	53
Apr 2006	40	67	39
May 2006	41	58	13
Jun 2006	24	50	6
Jul 2006	21	37	10
Aug 2006	33	48	10
Sep 2006	52	86	53
Oct 2006	58	216	92
Nov 2006	59	217	83
Dec 2006	43	157	48
Jan 2007	45	192	41
Feb 2007	48	224	77
Mar 2007	55	266	60
Apr 2007	119	28	11
May 2007	90	25	19
Jun 2007	52	10	5
Jul 2007	57	30	8
Aug 2007	86	21	13
Sep 2007	134	35	15
Oct 2007	232	46	24
Nov 2007	165	40	25
Dec 2007	100	11	5
Jan 2008	149	29	16
Feb 2008	130	42	18
Mar 2008	153	74	22
Apr 2008	125	50	25
May 2008	89	18	12
Jun 2008	77	18	4
Jul 2008	81	7	5
Aug 2008	177	19	10
Sep 2008	228	19	11
Oct 2008	182	26	7
Nov 2008	144	14	16
Dec 2008	133	15	13
Jan 2009	252	26	10
Feb 2009	175	35	12
Mar 2009	265	48	14
Apr 2009	173	35	17
May 2009	137	26	11
Jun 2009	114	22	10
Jul 2009	99	11	1
Aug 2009	124	15	10
Sep 2009	185	23	9
Oct 2009	258	48	21
Nov 2009	290	64	29
Dec 2009	193	22	11
Jan 2010	181	16	13
Feb 2010	208	50	19
Mar 2010	247	43	15
Apr 2010	168	37	11
May 2010	192	34	13
Jun 2010	137	19	10
Jul 2010	95	9	5
Aug 2010	139	14	8
Sep 2010	217	35	7
Oct 2010	306	63	12
Nov 2010	316	58	24
Dec 2010	155	40	12
Jan 2011	262	32	10
Feb 2011	205	40	12
Mar 2011	339	81	27
Apr 2011	196	28	12
May 2011	242	8	11
Jun 2011	207	11	11
Jul 2011	146	14	11
Aug 2011	247	10	3
Sep 2011	437	27	19
Oct 2011	386	44	21
Nov 2011	308	154	37
Dec 2011	110	171	59
Jan 2012	100	159	61
Feb 2012	139	189	98
Mar 2012	122	212	80
Apr 2012	102	178	65
May 2012	165	176	63
Jun 2012	111	124	55
Jul 2012	96	143	50
Aug 2012	104	176	79
Sep 2012	135	318	96
Oct 2012	174	237	130
Nov 2012	227	256	144
Dec 2012	139	352	91
Jan 2013	146	603	133
Feb 2013	159	690	108
Mar 2013	174	774	111
Apr 2013	184	761	79
May 2013	83	600	96
Jun 2013	63	478	92
Jul 2013	47	504	35
Aug 2013	43	708	51
Sep 2013	112	1074	160
Oct 2013	143	1639	187
Nov 2013	144	1450	74
Dec 2013	85	1117	55
Jan 2014	98	1158	53
Feb 2014	123	1131	87
Mar 2014	161	1018	131
Apr 2014	99	998	77
May 2014	76	901	71
Jun 2014	45	745	35
Jul 2014	72	470	18
Aug 2014	68	820	21
Sep 2014	102	1124	46
Oct 2014	110	1276	62
Nov 2014	146	1268	44
Dec 2014	74	1034	37
Jan 2015	93	985	18
Feb 2015	86	771	47
Mar 2015	110	889	47
Apr 2015	109	889	15
May 2015	77	1005	20
Jun 2015	62	563	8
Jul 2015	49	529	17
Aug 2015	71	697	14
Sep 2015	93	1013	27
Oct 2015	89	719	33
Nov 2015	135	923	49
Dec 2015	89	745	30
Jan 2016	107	1083	27
Feb 2016	112	772	22
Mar 2016	127	642	40
Apr 2016	129	811	47
May 2016	77	690	27
Jun 2016	62	561	22
Jul 2016	47	463	21
Aug 2016	78	652	30
Sep 2016	114	787	86
Oct 2016	126	920	50
Nov 2016	144	918	51
Dec 2016	92	766	30
Jan 2017	153	766	50
Feb 2017	58	668	33
Mar 2017	70	621	42
Apr 2017	86	781	61
May 2017	53	897	40
Jun 2017	116	534	18
Jul 2017	293	275	16
Aug 2017	497	454	59
Sep 2017	825	759	137
Oct 2017	965	875	135
Nov 2017	929	827	24
Dec 2017	678	608	30
Jan 2018	693	621	29
Feb 2018	796	704	35
Mar 2018	874	764	31
Apr 2018	972	892	50
May 2018	704	663	30
Jun 2018	623	591	16
Jul 2018	446	434	20
Aug 2018	779	730	30
Sep 2018	908	852	31
Oct 2018	965	908	38
Nov 2018	830	761	45
Dec 2018	779	721	36
Jan 2019	896	780	46
Feb 2019	709	631	74
Mar 2019	727	607	86
Apr 2019	949	873	206
May 2019	714	596	185
Jun 2019	520	481	120
Jul 2019	404	378	167
Aug 2019	540	493	158
Sep 2019	639	602	160
Oct 2019	1075	958	66
Nov 2019	845	766	36
Dec 2019	633	568	54
Jan 2020	762	684	45
Feb 2020	1006	925	51
Mar 2020	455	411	24
Apr 2020	355	309	34
May 2020	365	299	36
Jun 2020	264	240	24
Jul 2020	245	224	16
Aug 2020	423	401	20
Sep 2020	487	430	29
Oct 2020	525	472	37
Nov 2020	540	448	48
Dec 2020	363	312	127
Jan 2021	413	374	18
Feb 2021	350	323	31
Mar 2021	385	342	24
Apr 2021	310	253	25
May 2021	355	308	17
Jun 2021	200	199	9
Jul 2021	179	177	24
Aug 2021	294	294	22
Sep 2021	378	376	27
Oct 2021	428	390	65
Nov 2021	472	403	49
Dec 2021	436	407	24
Jan 2022	678	642	19
Feb 2022	489	479	50
Mar 2022	439	442	30
Apr 2022	428	432	42
May 2022	398	396	34
Jun 2022	352	336	17
Jul 2022	403	386	16
Aug 2022	428	410	19
Sep 2022	684	664	50
Oct 2022	825	758	39
Nov 2022	783	709	24
Dec 2022	420	389	16
Jan 2023	931	914	26
Feb 2023	576	516	36
Mar 2023	641	598	18
Apr 2023	498	457	17
May 2023	539	475	37
Jun 2023	373	348	9
Jul 2023	367	349	13
Aug 2023	391	383	21
Sep 2023	712	670	16
Oct 2023	782	730	23
Nov 2023	858	797	32
Total	63723	95439	9399

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