Age differences in recovery after sport-related concussion: A comparison of high school and collegiate athletes

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 142-152

  Nelson, Lindsay D ^a   Guskiewicz, Kevin M ^b   Barr, William B ^c   Hammeke, Thomas A ^a   Randolph, Christopher ^d   Ahn, Kwang Woo ^a   Wang, Yanzhi ^e   McCrea, Michael A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Adults; Mild traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AGE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HOCKEY; HUMAN; INJURIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACQUET SPORT; RISK FACTOR; SOCCER; STUDENT; TIME FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HOCKEY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RACQUET SPORTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84964938490     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4085/1062-6050-51.4.04     Document Type: Article

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