Effect of sex on symptoms and return to baseline in sport-related concussion: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 72-81

  Zuckerman, Scott L ^a   Apple, Rachel P ^b   Odom, Mitchell J ^b   Lee, Young M ^b   Solomon, Gary S ^a   Sills, Allen K ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussion; Mild traumatic brain injury; Return to baseline; Sex; Sports; Symptoms; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BALANCE DISORDER; BASEBALL; BASKETBALL; CHEERLEADING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCUSSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS COUNTRY; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; ICE HOCKEY; INJURY SEVERITY; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUNTAIN BIKING; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; PARESTHESIA; POST CONCUSSION ASSESSMENT AND COGNITIVE TESTING; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCCER; SOFTBALL; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; SWIMMING; TENNIS; TRACK AND FIELD; VOLLEYBALL; VOMITING; WRESTLING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892389050     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.9.PEDS13257     Document Type: Article

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