A prospective study of concussions among National Hockey League players during regular season games: The NHL-NHLPA Concussion Program

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 905-911

  Benson, Brian W ^a   Meeuwisse, Willem H ^a   Rizos, John ^b,c   Kang, Jian ^a   Burke, Charles J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; ICE HOCKEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETURN TO PLAY; SPORT INJURY; SPORTING EVENT; SPORTS AND SPORT RELATED PHENOMENA; SPORTS ORGANIZATION; SYMPTOM; TIME; TREND STUDY;

EID: 79956106660     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.092190     Document Type: Article

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