Concussion Management, Education, and Return-to-Play Policies in High Schools: A Survey of Athletic Directors, Athletic Trainers, and Coaches

Sports Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 258-262

  Esquivel, Amanda ^a   Haque, Sadiq ^a   Keating, Patrick ^a   Marsh, Stephanie ^a   Lemos, Stephen ^a  

^a DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

concussion; concussion awareness; high school athletics; return to play

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876939413     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738113476850     Document Type: Article

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