Concussion management in united states college sports: Compliance with national collegiate athletic association concussion policy and areas for improvement

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 47-56

  Baugh, Christine M ^a,b   Kroshus, Emily ^a,c   Daneshvar, Daniel H ^d,e   Filali, Naji A ^f   Hiscox, Michael J ^g   Glantz, Leonard H ^a,h  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Datalys Center for Sports Injury Research and Prevention Inc   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Sports Legacy Institute   (United States)

^g HARVARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

college; concussion; health policy; NCAA

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SPORTS MEDICINE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; ORGANIZATIONS; PERCEPTION; SPORTS MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84920540478     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546514553090     Document Type: Article

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