People who sustain a concussion and their families are often given conflicting advice regarding diagnosis and management. Only in the last decade or so brain injury specialists have begun to use ...
This Concussion Evaluation and Management Protocol ("Protocol") sets forth the procedures that Clubs shall follow regarding concussion education, testing, identification, evaluation, and management.
Correspondence to: Dr Pleacher Maine Medical Center, Sports Medicine, Portland, ME 04102, USA; pleacherm{at}hotmail.com Methods: An 11 item questionnaire was mailed to primary care providers in the ...
Public interest in concussion has exploded over the space of a generation, together with a new understanding of how best to help patients recover. Concussion patients were once prescribed rest in a ...
High school girls soccer is a growing concussion concern. Concussions do not discriminate, and recent studies show distinct gender differences may complicate sports concussion management care. While ...
Correspondence to Dr Douglas J Wiebe, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; dwiebe{at}upenn.edu Objective To examine the progression of ...
Although football has become the sport most synonymous with traumatic brain injury, it is far from the only sport posing a concussion problem for young athletes. Research has showed that regular ...