Sports-related concussion increases the risk of subsequent injury by about 50% in elite male football players

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 1447-1450

  Nordström, Anna ^a   Nordström, Peter ^b   Ekstrand, Jan ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURIES; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCCER; YOUNG ADULT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EUROPE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907079064     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-093406     Document Type: Article

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