@article{Singh_Nadeau_Singh_Shaw_2021, place={Montreal, Canada}, title={Incidence of concussions and injuries among quidditch players}, volume={19}, url={https://mjm.mcgill.ca/article/view/172}, DOI={10.26443/mjm.v19i1.172}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> To evaluate the rates of concussion and injury in quidditch, a high-contact sport growing in worldwide participation.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> A systematic review of the MEDLINE database was performed according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines for all studies reporting on concussion and/or injury rates in quidditch epidemiology.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Five studies were identified that had been published in the last 15 years on the concussion and injury rates among quidditch players worldwide. Each of these five studies included a concussion analysis and two included overall epidemiological rates.</p> <p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Injury rates seen in the two studies were found to be lower than those seen in other high-contact sports. There is a need to further study concussion symptoms among this understudied population.</p>}, number={1}, journal={McGill Journal of Medicine}, author={Singh, Som Prabh and Nadeau, Alexander and Singh, Shipra and Shaw, Christopher}, year={2021}, month={Jan.} }