Compliance with return-to-play regulations following concussion in Australian schoolboy and community rugby union players

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 735-740

  Hollis, Stephanie J ^a,b   Stevenson, Mark R ^a,c   McIntosh, Andrew S ^d   Shores, E Arthur ^e   Finch, Caroline F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CONVALESCENCE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INJURY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN CONCUSSION; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864722171     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2011.085332     Document Type: Article

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