High school concussions in the 2008-2009 academic year: Mechanism, symptoms, and management

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2405-2409

  Meehan, William P ^a   D'Hemecourt, Pierre ^a   Dawn Comstock, R ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

athletic injury; concussion; mild traumatic brain injury; sport related concussion; sports

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650338314     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510376737     Document Type: Article

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