The sports concussion note: Should SCAT become SCOAT?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 198-201

  Patricios, Jon ^a   Collins, Robert ^a   Branfield, Andrew ^b   Roberts, Craig ^c   Kohler, Ryan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Sports Concussion South Africa ^*  (South Africa)

^c University of KwaZulu Natal Faculty of Health Sciences   (South Africa)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHECKLIST; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONSENSUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHECKLIST; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; NEUROIMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84857363912     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090386     Document Type: Article

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