Gender Differences in Same-Day Return to Play Following Concussion Among Pediatric Soccer Players

Introduction. Over the past several decades, soccer has been growing in popularity in the US. Since 1990, there has been a 90% increase in registered youth soccer players, reaching greater than 3 million \u003c 19 years of age as of 2014. This increase in participation has been accompanied by an increase in concussions. The annual incidence rate of reported concussions increased 1600% from 1990 to 2014. Concussions in high school soccer players were found to be 1.5 times more common …