The prevalence of undiagnosed concussions in athletes

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 339-342

  Meehan, William P ^a,b   Mannix, Rebekah C ^a   Oêbrien, Michael J ^a,b   Collins, Michael W ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Harvard Medical School   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

loss of consciousness; mild traumatic brain injury; sports injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONCUSSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; BOSTON; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA;

EID: 84883652797     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e318291d3b3     Document Type: Article

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