American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Position Statement: Concussion in Sport

@article{Harmon2013AmericanMS,
  title={American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Position Statement: Concussion in Sport},
  author={Kimberly G. Harmon and Jonathan A. Drezner and Matthew R Gammons and Kevin M Guskiewicz and Mark E. Halstead and Stanley A. Herring and Jeffrey S. Kutcher and Andrea Pana and Margot Putukian and William O. Roberts},
  journal={Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine},
  year={2013},
  volume={23},
  pages={1–18}
}
Abstract:Sport-related concussion (SRC) is a common injury in recreational and organized sport. Over the past 30 years, there has been significant progress in our scientific understanding of SRC, which in turn has driven the development of clinical guidelines for diagnosis, assessment, and managemen 
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