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Health care providers are more likely to be present at the time of concussion during games and for varsity-level athletes, but how time to an immediate athletic trainer evaluation varies between sport levels and injury settings has yet to be investigated.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>To investigate associations between athlete sport level, injury setting, and same-day athletic trainer evaluation among high school football players following a concussion.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Cross-sectional study.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Retrospective analysis of deidentified patient records created within the Athletic Training Practice-Based Research Network.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Patients or Other Participants<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Patients evaluated and diagnosed with a concussion during in-season high school football participation from 2010 to 2023.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Main Outcome Measure(s)<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Sport level (freshman, junior varsity [JV], and varsity), injury setting (game, practice), and same-day evaluation following concussion (yes, no).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>In total, 1260 patient cases were included in the analysis. A significant association was found between sport level and same-day evaluation (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .02) and between injury setting and same-day evaluation (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; .001). A higher percentage of patients playing at the varsity level were evaluated the same day as their injury than those playing at the JV and freshman levels. Additionally, a higher percentage of football athletes were evaluated the same day if they sustained an injury during an in-season practice than if they sustained an injury during a game. These associations remained significant after stratifying by sport level for freshman (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .01) and JV (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; .001) athletes but not for varsity athletes (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .61).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Freshman and JV football athletes, as well as those injured during games, are less likely to receive a same-day evaluation by an athletic trainer after concussion. Timely care improves recovery following concussion, emphasizing the need for equitable access to immediate care across sport levels and settings.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4085\/1062-6050-0566.24","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,7]],"date-time":"2025-02-07T09:34:59Z","timestamp":1738920899000},"page":"452-457","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Delays in Immediate Athletic Training Evaluation Following Concussion Among High School Football Players: A Report From the Athletic Training Practice-Based Research Network"],"prefix":"10.4085","volume":"60","author":[{"given":"Madison N.","family":"Renner","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Wisconsin-Madison"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kenneth C.","family":"Lam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"A.T. 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