Thomas P DompierLebanon Valley College · Athletic Training
Thomas P Dompier
Doctor of Philosophy
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Introduction
Additional affiliations
July 2017 - July 2020
July 2011 - July 2017
Datalys Center for Sports Injury Reesarch and Prevention, Inc
Position
- CEO
August 2008 - June 2011
Education
August 2000 - May 2005
August 1997 - May 1999
August 1993 - May 1997
Publications
Publications (126)
Context
Having athletic trainers (ATs) employed at secondary schools is associated with improved preparedness for sport-related emergencies. Utilization of emergency medical services (EMS) with different access to athletic training services remains unknown.
Objective
Compare the incidence of EMS activations for sport-related injuries between zip-c...
Background Literature examining emergency medical services (EMS) activations for sport-related injuries is limited to the pediatric, high school, and collegiate student-athlete populations, excluding older individuals and recreational athletes. The purpose of this study was to examine EMS activations for sport-related injuries using the National EM...
Introduction:
Injuries sustained during basic combat training (BCT) result in large economic costs to the U.S. Army. The inclusion of athletic trainers (ATs) in other military branches has reduced Troop Medical Clinic (TMC) referrals. However, the inclusion of ATs during BCT has yet to be studied. The purpose of this study was to describe the freq...
Objective:
The purpose of this study was to investigate injury occurrence sustained by collegiate rodeo athletes during practice and competition.
Design:
Descriptive epidemiology.
Setting:
Eleven National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association member institutions across the United States.
Participants:
Participants included 264 male and female co...
Poster/Presentation Number: TP21
Session #: TP19-24
Session Title: Thematic Poster IV
Location: City Terrace 11
Date and Start Time: 2020-02-14T14:30:00
Context
Most studies of injury trends associated with softball focus on injuries requiring at least 24 hours of missed participation time (time-loss [TL] injuries), with little focus on those that do not (non–time-loss [NTL] injuries). A better understanding of injury trends associated with softball will improve athlete care.
Objective
To describe...
Context
Little is known about non–time-loss (NTL) injury patterns in basketball athletes. Knowledge of these patterns may aid in the development of prevention and management strategies for patients with these injuries.
Objective
To describe the epidemiology of time-loss (TL) and NTL injuries sustained by secondary school boys' and girls' basketbal...
Objective:
To present the appropriate medical care standards for organizations that sponsor athletic activities for secondary school-aged athletes.
Data sources:
To develop the current standards and identify current best-practices evidence, the task force used a multistep process that included reviewing the existing 2004 Appropriate Medical Care...
Background:
We compared injury incidence and mechanisms among youth, high school (HS), and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) boys' and men's lacrosse athletes for the 2014-2015 to 2016-2017 lacrosse seasons.
Methods:
Multiple injury surveillance systems were used to capture 21 youth boys', 22 HS boys', and 20 NCAA men's lacrosse te...
Context:
The advent of Web-based sports injury surveillance via programs such as the High School Reporting Information Online system and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program has aided the acquisition of girls' and women's softball injury data.
Objective:
To describe the epidemiology of injuries sustained in hi...
Context:
The advent of Web-based sports injury surveillance via programs such as the High School Reporting Information Online system and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program has aided the acquisition of boys' and men's baseball injury data.
Objective:
To describe the epidemiology of injuries sustained in high...
Context:
Typically, athletic trainers rely on clinician-centered measures to evaluate athletes' return-to-play status. However, clinician-centered measures do not provide information regarding patients' perceptions.
Objective:
To determine whether clinically important changes in patient-reported outcomes were observed from the time of lower extr...
Context:
Exertional heat illnesses (EHIs) among football athletes have been widely researched, but data examining all collegiate sports are limited.
Objective:
To describe the epidemiology of EHI in 25 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sports.
Design:
Descriptive epidemiology study.
Setting:
The NCAA Injury Surveillance Program...
Context:
The advent of Web-based sports injury surveillance via programs such as the High School Reporting Information Online (HS RIO) system and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program (NCAA-ISP) has aided the acquisition of girls' and women's lacrosse injury data.
Objective:
To describe the epidemiology of inju...
Context:
The advent of Web-based sports injury surveillance via programs such as the High School Reporting Information Online system and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program has aided the acquisition of boys' and men's lacrosse injury data.
Objective:
To describe the epidemiology of injuries sustained in high...
Context:
Web-based sports injury surveillance via programs such as the High School Reporting Information Online system and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program has aided efforts to collect data on ice hockey injuries.
Objective:
To describe the epidemiology of injuries sustained in high school boy's ice hockey...
Context:
The advent of Web-based sports injury surveillance via programs such as the High School Reporting Information Online system and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program has aided the acquisition of wrestling injury data.
Objective:
To describe the epidemiology of injuries sustained in high school boys' wr...
Context:
The advent of Web-based sports injury surveillance via programs such as the High School Reporting Information Online system and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program has aided the acquisition of girls' and women's basketball injury data.
Objective:
To describe the epidemiology of injuries sustained in...
Context:
The advent of Web-based sports injury surveillance via programs such as the High School Reporting Information Online system and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program has aided the acquisition of boys' and men's basketball injury data.
Objective:
To describe the epidemiology of injuries sustained in hig...
Context:
Participation in high school athletics carries a substantial risk of musculoskeletal injury, particularly to the knee. However, limited information is available on the care being provided by athletic trainers (ATs) for athletes with these injuries.
Design:
Descriptive epidemiology study.
Setting:
Data on athletic training facility (AT...
Context: :
Data regarding the epidemiology of emergency-transport incidents (ETIs) of patients with sport-related injuries are lacking. Understanding the use of emergency services by athletic trainers can help improve emergency preparedness and prehospital care for injured student-athletes.
Objective: :
To determine the frequencies and types of...
Context: :
The advent of Web-based sports injury surveillance via programs such as the High School Reporting Information Online system and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program has aided in the acquisition of girls' and women's volleyball injury data.
Objective: :
To describe the epidemiology of injuries sustai...
Context: :
The advent of Web-based sports injury surveillance via programs such as the High School Reporting Information Online system and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program has aided the acquisition of girls' and women's soccer injury data.
Objective: :
To describe the epidemiology of injuries sustained in...
Context: :
The advent of Web-based sports injury surveillance via programs such as the High School Reporting Information Online system and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program has aided the acquisition of boys' and men's soccer injury data.
Objective: :
To describe the epidemiology of injuries sustained in hig...
Context:
The advent of Web-based sports injury surveillance via programs such as the High School Reporting Information Online system and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program has aided the acquisition of football injury data.
Objective:
To describe the epidemiology of injuries sustained in high school football...
Objective:
To describe the methods of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Injury Surveillance Program (ISP) and High School Reporting Information Online (HS RIO) system as a complement to the sport-specific manuscripts that will follow.
Background:
The NCAA-ISP and HS RIO collect injury and exposure data from samples of collegiat...
Context:
The advent of Web-based sports injury surveillance via programs such as the High School Reporting Information Online system and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program has aided the acquisition of data for girls' and women's field hockey injuries.
Objective:
To describe the epidemiology of injuries susta...
Context:
Limited information exists on the amount and type of care provided by athletic trainers (ATs) treating athletes who sustained ankle sprains in the high school setting.
Objective:
To describe AT services provided for patients with ankle sprains injured in high school athletics.
Design:
Descriptive epidemiology study.
Setting:
Athleti...
Background
Participation in lacrosse has grown at the collegiate levels. However, little research has examined the epidemiology of collegiate men’s lacrosse injuries. This study describes the epidemiology of injuries in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men’s lacrosse during the 2009/10–2014/15 academic years.
Methods
Twenty-five men...
Context:
Although an association between concussion and musculoskeletal injury has been described in collegiate and professional athletes, no researchers have investigated an association in younger athletes.
Objective:
To determine if concussion in high school athletes increased the risk for lower extremity musculoskeletal injury after return to...
Background:
There were 18,844 volleyball players in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the 2014-2015 academic year. Little research has examined sex-based differences among these athletes.
Purpose:
To examine injury epidemiology in NCAA men's and women's volleyball athletes.
Study design:
Descriptive epidemiology study.
Le...
Context:
High-intensity sport training at the youth level has led to increased concern for overuse conditions. Few researchers have examined overuse conditions in youth sports.
Objective:
To examine the rates, risks, and distributions of overuse conditions between youth and high school football players.
Design:
Descriptive epidemiologic study....
Context:
Stress fractures are injuries caused by cumulative, repetitive stress that leads to abnormal bone remodeling. Specific populations, including female athletes and endurance athletes, are at higher risk than the general athletic population. Whereas more than 460 000 individuals participate in collegiate athletics in the United States, no la...
Context:
Whereas researchers have provided estimates for the number of head impacts sustained within a youth football season, less is known about the number of plays across which such impact exposure occurs.
Objective:
To estimate the number of plays in which youth football players participated during the 2013 season and to estimate injury incid...
This study describes the epidemiology of back/neck/spine injuries in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men’s and women’s ice hockey. Data from 66 NCAA men’s and 29 women’s ice hockey programmes (total of 147 and 67 team-seasons, respectively) were analysed from the NCAA Injury Surveillance Program during the 2009/2010–2014/2015 academ...
Purpose:
Examinations of injury among younger populations of lacrosse players that are beginning their development is limited. This study describes the epidemiology of youth boys' and girls' lacrosse injuries during the 2015-2016 seasons.
Methods:
Surveillance data originated from a convenience sample of 10 leagues in five states with 1090 boys'...
Objectives:
To identify factors associated with post-concussion syndrome (PCS) among a national sample of high school student-athletes from the 2011/12-2013/14 academic years.
Design:
Ambispective cohort study from sports injury surveillance data.
Methods:
Sport-related concussion data originated from the National Athletic Treatment, Injury an...
Statement of Purpose
Determine whether ankle sprain management differed between male and female secondary school athletes.
Methods/Approach
The National Athletic Treatment, Injury and Outcomes Network (NATION) project collected athletic training room (ATR) visits and AT services data from 27 sports in 147 secondary schools from 26 states from 2011...
Numerous sports injury surveillance systems exist with the capability of tracking concussion incidence data. It is important for the consumers of sport-related concussion data, be they researchers or the public, to have a comprehensive understanding of the strengths and limitations of sports injury surveillance systems. This article discusses issue...
Background:
Disruption of the visual and vestibular systems is commonly observed following concussion. Researchers have explored the utility of screening tools to identify deficits in these systems in concussed patients, but it is unclear if these tests are measuring similar or distinct phenomena.
Purpose:
To determine the relationships between...
Background:
Little research has examined the rates and patterns of hip flexor or hip adductor strains in student-athletes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
Purpose:
To describe the epidemiology of hip flexor and adductor strains in NCAA athletes during the 2009/2010-2014/2015 academic years.
Study design:
Descriptive epid...
Rationale: There is a lack of research regarding the epidemiology of emergency transport incidents of sports-related injuries in high school and collegiate settings.
Purpose: To determine frequency and type of emergency transport incidents as a result of athletic participation
Background:
Examinations related to divisional differences in the incidence of sports-related concussions (SRC) in collegiate ice hockey are limited.
Purpose:
To compare the epidemiologic patterns of concussion in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ice hockey by sex and division.
Study design:
Descriptive epidemiology study.
Meth...
Objective
This study examined factors predictive of post-concussion syndrome (PCS; i.e., concussion-related symptoms lasting ≥4 weeks) among high school (HS) student-athletes during the 2011/12-2013/14 academic years.
Design
Prospective cohort.
Setting
Concussion data originated from the National Athletic Trainers Injury and Outcomes Network (NAT...
Objective
This study examined athletic trainer (AT) services for sports-related concussion among high school (HS) student-athletes during the 2011/12–2013/14 academic years.
Design
Descriptive epidemiology.
Setting
Concussion data originated from the National Athletic Trainers Injury and Outcomes Network (NATION), a US-wide surveillance program c...
Our purpose was to determine concussion mechanism and activity differences between 3 cohorts of football players; youth, high school, and college. Participants in this prospective cohort study included youth (ages 5-14, 118 teams, 310 team-seasons), high school (96 teams, 184 team-seasons), and college (34 teams, 71 team-seasons) football players....
Context:
Variations in knee-sprain incidence among competition levels are unclear but may help inform prevention strategies in American football players.
Objective:
To describe the epidemiology of knee sprains in youth, high school, and collegiate football players.
Design:
Descriptive epidemiology study.
Setting:
Injury and athlete-exposure...
Background:
Ankle sprains are among the most common injuries experienced by collegiate athletes. The type of ankle sprain is rarely differentiated in epidemiological studies. This differentiation is necessary, as each ankle sprain type has a unique injury mechanism and recovery period. High ankle sprains commonly result in long recovery periods. T...
Context:
Few researchers have examined the rates and patterns of quadriceps strains in student-athletes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
Objective:
To describe the epidemiology of quadriceps strains in 25 NCAA sports during the 2009-2010 through 2014-2015 academic years.
Design:
Descriptive epidemiology study.
Setting:...
Context:
Research on non-time-loss (NTL) injuries, which result in less than 24 hours of restriction from participation, is limited.
Objective:
To describe the epidemiology of NTL injuries among collegiate and high school student-athletes.
Design:
Descriptive epidemiology study.
Setting:
Aggregate injury and exposure data collected from a co...
Context:
Deltoid ligament sprains among collegiate student-athletes have not been extensively investigated. Research regarding the mechanisms, participation-restriction time, and recurrence of deltoid ligament sprains in collegiate student-athletes is lacking.
Objective:
To describe the epidemiology of deltoid ligament sprains in 25 National Col...
An integral part of the Heads Up Football (HUF) educational program is the Player Safety Coach (PSC), who is responsible for teaching other coaches within a youth football league about safer blocking/tackling and injury prevention. This study examines the association between youth football coaches' interactions with the PSC (i.e., attending the PSC...
Context:
Sports participation is one of the leading causes of concussions among nearly 8 million US high school student-athletes.
Objective:
To describe the epidemiology of sport-related concussion (SRC) in 27 high school sports during the 2011-2012 through 2013-2014 academic years.
Design:
Descriptive epidemiology study.
Setting:
Aggregate...
Context:
Few researchers have described the incidence of the most severe injuries sustained by student-athletes at the collegiate level.
Objective:
To describe the epidemiology of severe injuries within 25 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sports in the 2009-2010 through 2014-2015 academic years.
Design:
Descriptive epidemiology...
Context:
Participation in collegiate women's lacrosse has increased dramatically, but little recent epidemiological data exists regarding injuries.
Objective:
Describe the epidemiology of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) women's lacrosse injuries during the 2009-10 through 2014-15 academic years.
Setting:
Aggregate injury and ex...
Our study describes youth football (YFB) environmental conditions and the associated heat index (HI) risk category. An observational research design was utilized. Independent variables included month, time, event, and geographic location. Main outcome variables were frequency of events, average HI, and corresponding risk categorization. The HI was...
Background:
Participation in boys' youth lacrosse has dramatically increased in recent years. Yet, research on the incidence of youth lacrosse injuries is limited. This study describes the epidemiology of boys' youth lacrosse injuries.
Findings:
Aggregate injury and exposure data was collected from 550 boys' youth lacrosse players (aged 9-15 yea...
Objective:
To examine how injury definition inclusiveness affects the rank order of injury rates in 27 high school (HS) sports.
Design:
The National Athletic Treatment, Injury and Outcomes Network (NATION) used certified athletic trainers (ATs) to collect injury and athlete-exposure (AE) data in practices and competitions for 27 HS sports during...
Background:
Variations in ankle injury rates and distributions among competition levels are unclear, but such data may help inform strategies to prevent ankle sprains during American football.
Purpose:
To describe the epidemiological patterns of ankle sprains in youth, high school (HS), and collegiate American football.
Study design:
Descripti...
Background
Stress fractures are common sports-related injuries; female and endurance athletes are known to be at a higher risk than the general athlete population. There are thousands of collegiate athletes in the United States competing in high-impact sports, but no large study has been conducted to determine the incidence of stress fractures in t...
Background
Research in high school and college sports has found high concussion rates in ice hockey. This study describes the epidemiology of concussions in high school boys’ and college men’s ice hockey.
Methods
Data originates from High School RIO during the 2008/09-2014/15 academic years (191 team-seasons); and the National Collegiate Athletic...
Background
Lateral ligament complex (LLC) ankle sprains are among the most common injuries in United States (US) college athletes. But, there is limited information about the specific epidemiology of such injuries.
Methods
De-identified data from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Injury Surveillance Program (ISP) was analysed for...
Background:
Research has found that injury rates in football are higher in competition than during practice. However, there is little research on the association between injury rates and type of football practices and how these specific rates compare with those in competitions.
Purpose:
This study utilized data from the National Collegiate Athle...
Background:
Ankle sprains are a common injury in collegiate sports. Few studies have examined the epidemiology of individual ligament injuries, specifically the lateral ligament complex (LLC) of the ankle.
Purpose:
To describe the epidemiology, including the estimated yearly national incidence, of LLC sprains among National Collegiate Athletic A...
Background/aim
Recent rule changes regarding the safety of basketball athletes necessitate up-to-date reports of injury incidence. This study describes the epidemiology of injuries in men's and women's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball during the 2009/2010–2014/2015 seasons.
Methods
Basketball injury data originate from th...
Context:
Injury rates compare the relative frequency of sport-related concussions across groups. However, they may not be intuitive to policy makers, parents, or coaches in understanding the likelihood of concussion.
Objective:
To describe 4 measures of incidence (athlete-based rate, athlete-based risk, team-based rate, and team-based risk) duri...
ORIGINAL RESEARCH An understanding of the measurement properties of assessment tools is essential for their interpretation. This study examined the test–retest reliability, minimal detectable change, standard error of measurement, and practice effects of the King–Devick test, and their variability across age and sex. King–Devick test scores were ob...
