Retirement-from-sport considerations following pediatric sports-related concussion: Case illustrations and institutional approach

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Ellis, Michael J ^a,b,c,d   McDonald, Patrick J ^c,d,e   Cordingley, Dean ^b,d   Mansouri, Behzad ^a,b,d   Essig, Marco ^a,b,d   Ritchie, Lesley ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Pan Am Concussion Program   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d Canada North Concussion Network   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concussion; Neuroimaging; Neuropsychology; Retirement; Return to play; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CASE REPORT; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETIREMENT; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; NEUROIMAGING; RETIREMENT; SPORTS;

EID: 84963649793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2016.1.FOCUS15600     Document Type: Article

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