Sports-related concussions in pediatrics

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 288-293

  Cohen, Joanna S ^a   Gioia, Gerard ^a   Atabaki, Shireen ^a   Teach, Stephen J ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussions; Mild traumatic brain injury; Minor head injury; Pediatrics; Sports

Indexed keywords

BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPORT; SYMPTOM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651108918     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32832b1195     Document Type: Review

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