Luzita I. Vela Source Confirmed

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University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

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6 h-index 16 pubs 336 cited

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Luzita I. Vela's research investigates injury patterns and health outcomes within collegiate athletics. Her work includes descriptive epidemiology of injuries in women's field hockey, examining the long-term surveillance data from the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Vela has also explored mental health aspects in collegiate athletes, specifically looking at depression and anxiety symptoms in those with a history of concussion. Her research extends to the attitudes of athletic trainers regarding implicit bias and the impact of patient-provider racial and ethnic concordance in concussion management.

Further studies by Vela analyze fear-related patient-reported outcomes following ACL reconstruction in competitive and recreational athletes. She also investigates the relationship between self-reported injury history and health-related quality of life in collegiate baton twirlers. Vela's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 6, with 16 total publications and 336 citations.

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h-index: 6
Publications: 16
Citations: 336

Selected Publications

What Is in a Name? Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Collegiate Athletes With and Without a History of Concussion (2025) DOI
Attitudes Toward Implicit Bias Among Athletic Trainers (2024) DOI
More Than Skin Deep: Patient-Provider Racial and Ethnic Concordance and Discordance in Collegiate Athletics and Concussion Management (2024) DOI
How Do Fear-related Patient Reported Outcomes Changes Following Acl Reconstruction Among Competitive And Recreational Athletes? (2022) DOI