SLAM on the stand: How the sports-related concussion literature can inform the expert witness

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-130

  Bailey, Christopher M ^a   Barth, Jeffrey T ^a   Bender, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Concussion; Forensic neuropsychology; Sports

Indexed keywords

BASKETBALL; BOXING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCUSSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FOOTBALL; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HORSEBACK RIDING; HUMAN; ICE HOCKEY; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; RUGBY; SPORT INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ACCELERATION; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURY; DECELERATION; EXPERT WITNESS; HEAD INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACCELERATION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DECELERATION; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME;

EID: 67649541226     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e31819c1caa     Document Type: Review

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