Publications

Leveraging the extensive infrastructure and experienced research teams from 26 participating civilian universities and 4 military service academies, the CARE Consortium has published more than 90 scientific papers that are critical to advancing the science behind concussion and head impact exposure effects on brain health.

CARE consortium members will continue to analyze data, providing a deeper breadth of understanding to the current science. Those outside the consortium can access de-identified CARE data via FITBIR, the Federal Interagency Traumatic Brain Injury Research database. For any questions about FITBIR data, please contact FITBIR at FITBIR-ops@mail.nih.gov. If you have already worked with FITBIR to obtain a CARE dataset and have specific questions about the dataset itself, please contact CAREfitb@iupui.edu.

Recent Care Consortium Publications

Published Date	Title	Author
December 10, 2024	Factors Associated with Return to Activity After Concussion Among Female Service Academy Members: Findings From the NCAA-DoD CARE	Divya Jain
November 1, 2024	SCAT Symptom Evolution in the Acute Concussion Phase: Findings From the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium	Syrydiuk
May 31, 2024	Research Letter: Relationship of blood biomarkers of inflammation with acute concussion symptoms and recovery in the CARE Consortium	Meier
January 19, 2024	Integrative Data Analysis to Identify Persistent Post-Concussion Deficits and Subsequent Musculoskeletal Injury Risk: Project Structure and Methods	Anderson
October 1, 2024	Effect of Sport Helmet Use on Concussion Presentation and Recovery in Male Collegiate Student-Athletes	Boltz
November 6, 2024	Progesterone and Estradiol Levels Associated with Concussion and Clinical Outcomes and Recovery in Female Athletes and Cadets	Goeckner
July 12, 2024	Sex differences across concussion characteristics in U.S. Service Academy cadets: A CARE Consortium study	Kelly
June 4, 2024	Association of Premorbid Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Concussion Recovery in Collegiate Student-Athletes	Sawlani
July 24, 2024	Diffusion tensor analysis of white matter tracts is prognostic of persistent post-concussion symptoms in collegiate athletes	Bertó
December 7, 2023	Concussion Risk and Recovery in Athletes with Psychostimulant-treated Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Findings from the NCAA-DOD CARE Consortium	Coffman
July 1, 2024	Factors influencing time to return to learn among NCAA student-athletes enrolled in the Concussion Assessment, Research, and Education (CARE) study	Memmini
January 23, 2024	Association of blood biomarkers of inflammation with acute concussion in collegiate athletes and military service academy cadets	Meier
June 10, 2024	Latent Profiles of Acute Symptoms, Cognitive Performance, and Balance in Sport-Related Concussion	Nelson
February 18, 2024	Profile of Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18) Scores in Collegiate Athletes: A CARE Consortium Study	McAllister
November 14, 2023	Sport-specific Recovery Trajectories for NCAA Collegiate Athletes Following Concussion	Liebel
November 8, 2023	Gene Expression Alterations in Peripheral Blood Following Concussion in a Prospective Cohort of Collegiate Athletes: a CARE Consortium Study	Simpson
October 19, 2023	Optimizing Baseline and Post-Concussion Assessments Through Identification, Confirmation, and Equivalence of Latent Factor Structures: Findings from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium	Lempke
March 26, 2024	Post-injury outcomes following non-sport related concussion: A CARE Consortium Study	Roby
September 1, 2023	Initial Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Characteristics and Recovery Patterns Among Females Across the United States Military Service Academies: A Descriptive Report from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium	Lempke
August 17, 2023	Plasma Phosphorylated Tau 181 as a Biomarker of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Finding From THINC and NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium Prospective Cohorts	Dovoto
August 17, 2023	Pre-Injury Measures do not Predict Future Concussion Among Collegiate Student-Athletes: Findings from the CARE Consortium	Lempke
August 3, 2023	Association Between Symptom Cluster Endorsement at Initiation of a Graduated Return-to-Activity Protocol and Time to Return to Unrestricted Activity After Concussion in United States Service Academy Cadets	Aderman
July 27, 2023	Race and socio-economic characteristics of NCAA student-athletes - Implications for sports medicine professionals: Findings from the CARE Consortium	Broglio
July 24, 2023	Associations between race and sport-related concussion recovery: Findings from the CARE Consortium	Boltz
June 23, 2023	Incidence of concussion and associated risk factors in collegiate soccer: findings from the NCAA-DoD CARE consortium	Kontos
June 16, 2023	Longitudinal associations between blood biomarkers and white-matter MRI in sport-related concussion: A study of the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium	Wu
May 20, 2023	Early Exercise is Associated with Faster Concussion Recovery Among Collegiate Athletes: Findings from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium	Lempke
May 12, 2023	Risk of Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Injury within the First Year Following Concussion	Roach
May 4, 2023	Recovery of clinical assessment metrics following sport-related concussion: Findings from the CARE Consortium	Broglio
April 13, 2023	Primary and secondary risk factors associated with concussion symptom clusters in collegiate athletes: Results from the NCAA-DoD Grand Alliance CARE Consortium	Caccese
April 10, 2023	School-level determinants of incidence of sports-related concussion: Findings from the CARE Consortium	Singichetti
March 22, 2023	Temporal network architectures of neurocognitive functioning and psychological symptoms in collegiate athletes following sport-related concussion: A CARE Consortium investigation	Liebel
March 16, 2023	Premorbid risk factors and acute injury characteristics of sport-related concussion across the National Collegiate Athletic Association: Findings from the Concussion Assessment, Research, and Education (CARE) Consortium	Memmini
March 6, 2023	The Influence of Hormonal Contraceptives on Cognitive Recovery in Concussed Collegiate Athletes: Data from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium	Kay
March 3, 2023	Computerized and functional reaction time in varsity-level female collegiate athletes with and without a concussion history	Shumski
February 17, 2023	Baseline Concussion Assessment Performance by Sex in Military Service Academy Rugby Players: Findings from the CARE Consortium	Buckley
January 18, 2023	Characteristics and Outcomes of Athletes With Slow Recovery From Concussion: A CARE Consortium Study	McAllister
December 14, 2022	Simulation-Optimization To Distinguish Optimal Symptom Free Waiting Period For Return-To-Play Decisions In Sport-Related Concussion	Czerniak
November 22, 2022	Optimizing Concussion Care Seeking: A Longitudinal Analysis of Recovery	Schmidt
November 18, 2022	Are EPB41 and alpha-synuclein diagnostic biomarkers of sport-related concussion? Findings from the NCAA and Department of Defense CARE Consortium	Gill
November 4, 2022	Test-Retest Reliability and Efficacy of Individual Symptoms in Concussion Management	Caccese
November 1, 2022	Optimizing VOMS for identifying acute concussion in collegiate athletes: Findings from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium	Ferris/Port
October 26, 2022	Cognitive and behavioral outcomes in male and female NCAA soccer athletes across three years: A CARE Consortium study	Caccese
October 14, 2022	Sensitivity and specificity of the ImPACT neurocognitive test in collegiate athletes and United States military cadets with ADHD and/or LD: Findings from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium	Czerniak
August 23, 2022	Optimizing Concussion Care Seeking: The Influence of Previous Concussion Diagnosis Status on Baseline Assessment Outcomes	Schmidt
August 22, 2022	King-Devick Testing and Concussion Recovery Time in Collegiate Athletes	Whelan
August 12, 2022	Time Delta Head Impact Frequency: An Analysis on Head Impact Exposure in the Lead Up to a Concussion: Findings from the NCAA-Dod CARE Consortium	Stemper
July 19, 2022	Proteomic Profiling of Plasma Biomarkers Associated With Return to Sport Following Concussion: Findings From the NCAA and Department of Defense CARE Consortium	Gill
July 6, 2022	Age of First Concussion and Cognitive, Psychological, and Physical Outcomes in NCAA collegiate Student-Athletes	Caccese
June 23, 2022	Association Between Collision Sport Career Duration and Gait Performance in Male Collegiate Student-Athletes	Buckley
June 21, 2022	Effects of White-Matter Tract Length in Sport-Related Concussion: A Tractography Study from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium	Wu
June 20, 2022	Spring Football Concussion Rates Mimic the Preseason: Findings from the CARE Consortium	Broglio
February 18, 2022	Utility of VOMS, SCAT, and ImPACT Baseline Evaluations on Acute Concussion Identification in Collegiate Athletes: An NCAA-DoD CARE Study	Ferris/Port
February 18, 2022	Effects of Pre-Collegiate Sport Specialization on Baseline Concussion Assessments: Findings from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium	Chou
December 1, 2022	Developing Insights for Possible and Probable Acute Concussions Using Cluster Analysis	Garcia
January 26, 2021	Differences in sport- related concussion for female and male athletes in comparable collegiate sports: a study from the NCAA- DoD Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) Consortium.	Master
October 1, 2019	Cerebral blood flow in acute concussion: ASL findings from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium	Wang
October 9, 2018	Health-Related Quality of Life Following Concussion in Collegiate Student-Athletes With and Without Concussion History	Weber
October 12, 2018	Impact of demographic factors and reading skill on King-Devick baseline performance time	Chrisman
January 1, 2019	Influence of Self-Reported Fatigue and Sex on Concussion Baseline Assessment Scores	Combs
April 1, 2019	Impact of contemporary approaches to concussion management on return to play and risk of repetitive concussion in collegiate football players: Comparative analysis from the NCAA Concussion Study	McCrea
October 22, 2018	Comparison of Head Impact Exposure Between Concussed Football Athletes and Matched Controls: Evidence for a Possible Second Mechanism of Sport-Related Concussion	Stemper
March 11, 2020	Data-driven Stochastic Optimization Approaches to Determine Decision Boundaries for Medical Diagnosis	Gabriel-Garcia
April 21, 2020	Association of Acute Vestibular/ocular screening scores to prolonged recovery in collegiate athletes following sport-related concussion	Whitney
May 22, 2019	Prevalence of Potentially Clinically Significant Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Athletes with and without Sport-Related Concussion	Klein
May 25, 2017	The Association Between Psychological Distress and Concussion History in College Athletes	Combs
January 14, 2019	A cohort study to identify and evaluate concussion risk factors across multiple injury settings: findings from the CARE Consortium	Van Pelt
May 6, 2019	A Data-driven Approach to Unlikely, Possible, Probable, and Definite Acute Concussion Assessment"	Garcia
June 18, 2020	Concussion Recovery Trajectories Among Tactical Athletes	Van Pelt
February 11, 2019	Estimated Age of First Exposure to American Football and Neurocognitive Performance Amongst NCAA Male Student‑Athletes: A Cohort Study	Caccese
June 19, 2019	Factors Affecting Head Impact Exposure in College Football Practices: A Multi-Institutional Study	Campolettano
October 10, 2019	The influence of self-reported tobacco use on baseline concussion assessments	Roach
September 24, 2019	Academic Aptitude Mediates the Relationship between SES and Race in Predicting Cognitive Test Scores in College Athletes	Houck
October 1, 2019	Accounting for variance in concussion tolerance between individuals: comparing head accelerations between concussed and physically matched control subjects	Rowson
November 19, 2018	Resting‐state functional connectivity after concussion is associated with clinical recovery	Kaushal
May 22, 2020	The Influence of Socioeconomic Status and Academic Standing on Concussion Reporting Intentions and Behaviors in Collegiate Athletes	Lempke
November 1, 2018	Longitudinal White-Matter Abnormalities in Sports-Related Concussion: A Diffusion MRI study of the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium	Mustafi
December 1, 2019	Reliability of the King-Devick Test in Intercollegiate Student-Athletes: An NCAA/DoD Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) Report	Breedlove
August 6, 2019	The Effect of Two-a-day Practices on Repetitive Head Impact Exposure During the Preseason and Regular Season in NCAA Division I FBS College Football: A Study from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium	Stemper
February 12, 2020	Impact of Diagnosed Sleep Disorder on Concussion Baseline Symptom, Cognitive and Balance Assessments in Collegiate Athletes	McAllister-Detrick
January 15, 2020	Estimated Age of First Exposure to Contact Sports is Not Associated with Greater Symptoms or Worse Cognitive Functioning in U.S. Service Academy Athletes	Caccese
July 26, 2019	Acute Sport Concussion Assessment Optimization: A Prospective Assessment from the CARE Consortium	Broglio
June 23, 2020	Clinical reaction time determinants in healthy collegiate athletes	Caccese
July 5, 2019	Multivariate base rates of low scores and reliable decline on ImPACT in healthy collegiate athletes using CARE Consortium norms	Houck
November 1, 2020	Optimizing Components of the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool for Acute Concussion Assessment	Garcia
July 28, 2020	Cumulative Effects of Prior Concussion and Primary Sport Participation on Brain Morphometry in Collegiate Athletes: A Study From the NCAA–DoD CARE Consortium	Brett
January 24, 2020	Acute biomarker levels predict return to play following sport-related concussion in collegiate athletes: A prospective study from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium	McCrea
June 30, 2020	Factors Associated with Delayed Concussion Reporting in United States Service Academy Cadets	Bookbinder
December 11, 2019	Resting-state fMRI metrics in acute sport-related concussion and their association with clinical recovery: A study from the NCAA-DOD CARE Consortium	Meier
August 1, 2020	A Normative Reference vs. Baseline Testing Compromise for ImPACT: the CARE Consortium Multiple variable Prediction (CARE-MVP) Norms	Asken
December 17, 2020	The Effects of On-Field Heat Index and Altitude on Concussion Assessments and Recovery Among NCAA Athletes	Lempke
June 1, 2020	No Clinical Predictors of Post-Concussion Subsequent Lower Extremity Musculoskeletal Injury in Collegiate Athletes	Buckley
August 24, 2021	The natural history of sport-related concussion in collegiate athletes: Findings from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium	Broglio
June 16, 2020	Medical Disqualification Following Concussion in Collegiate Student-Athletes: Findings from the CARE Consortium	Schmidt
January 11, 2021	Factors Associated with Symptom Reporting in Collegiate Student Athletes without Concussion: Findings from the CARE Consortium	Caccese
March 1, 2021	Concussion Risk Prediction in Collegiate Athletes and Military Cadets: A Machine Learning Approach Using Baseline Data from the CARE Consortium Study	Castellanos
June 16, 2020	Test-Retest Reliability of Concussion Baseline Assessments in United States Service Academy Cadets: A Report from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium	Houston
August 18, 2020	Bifactor model of Sport Concussion Assessment Tool symptom checklist: Replication and invariance across time in the CARE Consortium sample	Brett
December 14, 2020	Sensitivity and Specificity of Computer-Based Neurocognitive Assessments in Sport-Related Concussion: Findings from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium	Czerniak
September 20, 2021	Predictive Accuracy of the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 3 and Vestibular/Ocular-Motor Screening, Individually and In Combination: A National Collegiate Athletic Association-Department of Defense Concussion Assessment, Research and Education Consortium Analysis	Ferris
November 11, 2020	Air travel may not affect symptom recovery after concussion in NCAA Athletes and Military Cadets: A study from the CARE Consortium	Sharma
February 22, 2021	Blood biomarker profile after acute concussion in combat sports and training in military cadets: A prospective study from the NCAA-DOD CARE consortium	Giza
January 21, 2020	The association between persistent white-matter abnormalities and risk of repeat injury after sport-related concussion	Brett
August 27, 2020	Plasma Biomarker Concentrations Associated With Return to Sport Following Sport-Related Concussion in Collegiate Athletes—A Concussion Assessment, Research, and Education (CARE) Consortium Study	Pattinson
November 20, 2020	The relationship between sport-related concussion and sensation-seeking	Liebel
August 17, 2021	Association between sports participation history and age of first exposure to high-risk sports with concussion history	Caccese
December 22, 2020	Interpreting clinical reaction time change and recovery after concussion: a baseline versus normative-based cutoff score comparison	Caccese
September 24, 2020	Progress and Future Directions of the NCAA-DoD Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) Consortium and Mind Matters Challenge at the U.S. Service Academies	Houston
November 24, 2019	Estimated Age of First Exposure to American Football and Outcome from Concussion	Caccese
March 1, 2021	Concussion and head impact exposure in college football players: Where are opportunities for prevention? A Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) Consortium Study	McCrea
November 2, 2020	Do Head Injury Biomechanics Predict Concussion Clinical Recovery in College American Football Players?	Mihalik
January 14, 2021	Detailed Description of Division I Ice Hockey Concussions: Findings form the NCAA and Department of Defense CARE Consortium	Van Pelt
September 11, 2020	Prospective study of the association between sport-related concussion and brain morphometry (3T-MRI) in collegiate athletes: study from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium	Bobholz
April 16, 2020	Investigating the Range of Symptom Endorsement at Initiation of a Graduated Return-to-Play Protocol After Concussion and Duration of the Protocol	Brett
October 28, 2020	Concussion Risk Between Individual Football Players: Survival Analysis of Recurrent Events and Non-events	Rowson
April 1, 2021	Correction to: The Effects of On-Field Heat Index and Altitude on Concussion Assessments and Recovery Among NCAA Athletes	Lempke
September 20, 2021	Minimum Detectable Change and False Positive Rates of the Vestibular/Ocular Motor Screening (VOMS) Tool: An NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium Analysis	Eagle
June 15, 2021	Optimizing Order of Administration for Concussion Baseline Assessment Among NCAA Student-Athletes	Lempke
October 27, 2020	High Energy Side and Rear American Football Head Impacts Cause Obvious Performance Decrement on Video	Bartsch
December 30, 2021	"Investigation of aerobic and muscular fitness and concussion among service academy cadets at the United States Air Force Academy: Results from the CARE Consortium"	Van Pelt
January 10, 2022	Association Between Symptom Burden at Initiation of a Graduated Return to Play Protocol and Time to Return to Unrestricted Activity After Concussion in Service Academy Cadets	Aderman
February 15, 2021	Association between Sensation-Seeking Behaviors and Concussion-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceived Norms among Collegiate Student-Athletes	Callahan
February 1, 2022	Concussion Characteristics and Post-Injury Outcomes Between College Students and Intercollegiate Athletes	Anderson
October 13, 2021	Mechanisms of Injury for Concussions in Collegiate Soccer: An NCAA/DoD CARE Consortium Study	Kaminski
May 12, 2021	Discriminative Validity of Vestibular Ocular Motor Screening in Identifying Concussion Among Collegiate Athletes	Kontos