Female athletes demonstrate faster dual-task gait recovery than male athletes after concussion

There are many factors that can influence concussion recovery, including the sex of the patient, thus necessitating sex-specific analyses. Few studies have investigated concussion recovery between sexes using objective outcomes as a measure of recovery. We examined the association between sex and recovery of single/dual-task gait speed. We found that being a male athlete and having a higher initial symptom burden were each independently associated with a slower recovery of dual-task average walking speed.