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Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016
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This document is developed for physicians and healthcare providers who are involved in athlete care, whether at a recreational, elite or professional level, and provides an overview of issues that may be of importance to healthcare providers involved in the management of SRC.
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National Athletic Trainers' Association position statement: management of sport concussion.
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The recommendations for concussion management provided here are based on the most current research and divided into sections on education and prevention, documentation and legal aspects, evaluation and return to play, and other considerations.
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The Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5th Edition (SCAT5): Background and rationale
This paper presents the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5th Edition (SCAT5), which is the most recent revision of a sport concussion evaluation tool for use by healthcare professionals in the acute…
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Assessment of metabolic brain damage and recovery following mild traumatic brain injury: a multicentre, proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic study in concussed patients.
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Results indicate that N-acetylaspartate determination by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy represents a non-invasive tool to accurately measure changes in cerebral energy metabolism occurring in mild traumatic brain injury and may significantly improve the management of athletes suffering from concussion.
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Biomechanical properties of concussions in high school football.
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A similar threshold to concussion in adolescent athletes compared with their collegiate and professional counterparts suggests an equal concussion risk at all levels of play.
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Concussion occurrence and knowledge in italian football (soccer).
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It is suggested that athletes, coaches, and medical personnel would benefit from concussion based educational materials on the signs, symptoms, and evaluative techniques of concussion.
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Cumulative head impact burden in high school football.
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The adolescent athletes in this study clearly sustained a large number of impacts to the head, with an impressive associated acceleration burden as a direct result of football participation, which raises concern about the relationship between sub-concussive head impacts incurred during football participation and late-life cerebral pathogenesis.
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Previous mild traumatic brain injury and postural-control dynamics.
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Findings support the notion that changes in cerebral functioning that affect postural control may persist long after acute injury resolution, as individuals with a history of mTBI exhibited altered postural dynamics compared with individuals without a history.
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Exertional heat illness and environmental conditions during a single football season in the southeast.
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Heat cramps were the most common EHI and occurred most often during the first 3 weeks of practice, and Athletic trainers should take all necessary preventive measures to reduce the risk of EHI.
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The Effect of Sport Concussion on Neurocognitive Function, Self-Report Symptoms and Postural Control
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These findings support the use of the multifaceted concussion evaluation after immediately post-injury and in the 2 weeks following injury.
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