Concussion symptom scales and sideline assessment tools: A critical literature update

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-15

  Eckner, James T ^a   Kutcher, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ATHLETE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EXERCISE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SPORT INJURY; SPORT RELATED CONCUSSION; SPORTS MEDICINE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 77950806445     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e3181caa778     Document Type: Review

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