#9724. Athletes’ understanding of concussion–uncertainty, certainty and the ‘expert’ on the street

August 2026publication date
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Health (social science);
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation;
Social Psychology;
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Abstract:
Several scholars have examined the uncertainties faced by sport medicine professionals surrounding their diagnosis, treatment and management of concussion. Yet, recent evidence suggests that combat sport athletes seem to have ‘reasonably good concussion knowledge’. How, then, have athletes gained such an understanding when medical professionals have not? We argue that this logical inconsistency is most likely an artefact of inflexible, ‘snapshot’ methodological procedures rather than a nuanced representation of athletes’ actual understanding and experiences of concussion. We address this issue by employing immersive research strategies to provide epistemological space for complexities, contradictions and incoherencies that lie within fighters’ understanding of such experiences to come to the fore.
Keywords:
brain injury; certainty; combat sport; concussion; uncertainty

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