Effects of a symptom-free waiting period on clinical outcome and risk of reinjury after sport-related concussion

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 876-882

  McCrea, Michael ^a   Guskiewicz, Kevin ^b   Randolph, Christopher ^c   Barr, William B ^d   Hammeke, Thomas A ^e   Marshall, Stephen W ^f   Kelly, James P ^g  

^a Waukesha Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Concussion; Neuropsychological tests; Sports injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350290135     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000350155.89800.00     Document Type: Article

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