Synopsis of the National Football League player health and safety meeting: Chicago, Illinois, June 19, 2007

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 204-209

  Casson, Ira R ^a,b,c   Viano, David C ^a,d   Pellman, Elliot J ^a,e,f  

^a NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PROBIOMECHANICS LLC   (United States)

^e ProHEALTH Care Associates   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussion; Mild traumatic brain injury; National Football League; Sports

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOOTBALL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPORTS MEDICINE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAINING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; HUMAN; SPORT INJURY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHICAGO; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; SAFETY; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 41749099724     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000311079.65895.3E     Document Type: Conference Paper

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