title: Concussion history predicts self-reported symptoms before and following a concussive event.
abstract: The authors evaluated how history of concussion affects symptom reporting prior to and after sustaining a concussion. At baseline, athletes with a positive concussion history reported more current symptomatology than athletes who had never been concussed. At 2 hours postinjury, concussed athletes with a history of previous concussion (PC) reported fewer symptoms than concussed athletes with no previous concussion history (NPC). By 1 week postinjury, however, PC athletes reported more symptoms than NPC athletes.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Pennsylvania State University, 314 Bruce V. Moore Bldg., College of the Liberal Arts, University Park, PA 16802-3105, USA. jmb518@psu.edu
authors.forename: Jared M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bruce
authors.forename: Ruben J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Echemendia
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006306:Health Surveys; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D016353:Self-Examination / Q000523:psychology* / Q000639:trends; D013178:Sports Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors