When to Consider Retiring an Athlete After Sports-Related Concussion

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 189-200

  Sedney, Cara L ^a   Orphanos, John ^a   Bailes, Julian E ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Concussion; Mild traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPORT INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; TAU PROTEINS; TIME;

EID: 78149436651     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2010.08.005     Document Type: Review

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