Date of Award
5-2024
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Public Health Services
Committee Chair/Advisor
Windsor Westbrook Sherrill
Committee Member
Lu Zhang
Committee Member
Karen Kemper
Committee Member
Jacob Kay
Committee Member
Shea Fontana
Abstract
Sports-related concussions (SRCs) affect approximately 3.8 million athletes in the United States per year. A multitude of risk factors including age, sex, concussion history and prior medical conditions have been observed to significantly increase sports-related concussion symptom burden. Researchers have posited many reasons to explain sex-based differences in SRC outcomes, often categorized by biological characteristics or sociocultural factors, however, females are vastly underrepresented in sports-related concussion research, making it difficult to understand the true mechanisms underlying SRC sex-based differences. The goal of this dissertation is to help fill the current gap in knowledge on sex-based differences in sports-related concussion outcomes. This dissertation examines the epidemiological, hormonal, and psychosocial sex-based differences in sports-related concussion outcomes.
Recommended Citation
Kanny, Samantha, "Evaluating the Epidemiological, Hormonal, and Psychosocial Sex-Based Differences in Sports-Related Concussion Outcomes" (2024). All Dissertations. 3625.
https://open.clemson.edu/all_dissertations/3625
Author ORCID Identifier
0000-0001-7147-8616
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