Concussion symptoms and return to play time in youth, high school, and college American football athletes

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 647-653

  Kerr, Zachary Y ^a   Zuckerman, Scott L ^b   Wasserman, Erin B ^c   Covassin, Tracey ^d   Djoko, Aristarque ^a   Dompier, Thomas P ^a  

^a DATALYS CENTER FOR SPORTS INJURY RESEARCH AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC TRAINER; BALANCE DISORDER; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; COGNITION; COLLEGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISORIENTATION; DIZZINESS; EXCITABILITY; FOOTBALL; HEADACHE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; JUVENILE; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC AMNESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; RETURN TO SPORT; SYMPTOM; TINNITUS; VISUAL DISORDER; ADULT; AGE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INJURIES; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RETURN TO SPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978100642     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.0073     Document Type: Article

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