Search Strategy:
Boolean Search Method as the main search strategy
Search Engines:
PubMed, Medline, Google Scholar, and Mack Search
Additional websites including the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), National Athletic Training Association (NATA), and individual college websites
Search Term Key Words:
"concussion", "concussions AND return to play protocols", "managing concussions in college football", "best practices for concussions", "mild traumatic brain injury", "traumatic brain injury", "TBI", "head impact exposure", "head impact exposure AND collegiate football", "head injuries", "head injuries AND college football"
Inclusion Criteria:
Concussions in college football athletes, meta-analysis articles, systematic literature review articles, longitudinal study articles, journals, prospective cohort studies, must be published within the last five years
Exclusion Criteria:
Articles without full-text review, articles that did not report on any objectives of interest, articles that did not report on college level football, articles that were published more than five years ago