Response to acute concussive injury in soccer players: Is gender a modifying factor? Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 504-510

  Zuckerman, Scott L ^a   Solomon, Gary S ^b   Forbes, Jonathan A ^b   Haase, Richard F ^c   Sills, Allen K ^b   Lovell, Mark R ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d ImPACT Applications   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Immediate postconcussion assessment and cognitive testing; Mild traumatic brain injury; Soccer; Sports related concussion; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE POSTCONCUSSION ASSESSMENT AND COGNITIVE TESTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; SYMPTOM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; SOCCER; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870706463     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.8.PEDS12139     Document Type: Article

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