Differences in Symptom Reporting Between Males and Females at Baseline and After a Sports-Related Concussion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1027-1040

  Brown, Dana A ^a   Elsass, Julie A ^a   Miller, Ashley J ^a   Reed, Lauren E ^a   Reneker, Jennifer C ^a,b  

^a WALSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; VISION DISORDERS;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84931567652     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-015-0335-6     Document Type: Review

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