American medical society for sports medicine position statement: Concussion in sport

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-18

  Harmon, Kimberly G ^a   Drezner, Jonathan ^a   Gammons, Matthew ^b   Guskiewicz, Kevin ^c   Halstead, Mark ^d   Herring, Stan ^a   Kutcher, Jeff ^e   Pana, Andrea ^f   Putukian, Margot ^g   Roberts, William ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^g PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

athlete; brain injury; concussion; head injury

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

AGE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIGRAINE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE;

AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; GENETIC MARKERS; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872068950     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31827f5f93     Document Type: Article

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