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Longer Neurophysiological vs. Clinical Recovery Following Sport Concussion

open access: yesFrontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2021
Objectives: The objective of this study was to assess if injury-related alterations in the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool-5 (SCAT5) are matched by changes in transcranial magnetic stimulation-derived intracortical inhibition.
Michail Ntikas   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unifying Pathophysiological Explanations for Sports-Related Concussion and Concussion Protocol Management: Literature Review

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Neuroscience, 2019
Objective: There is a plethora of theories about the pathophysiology behind a sport-related concussion. In this review of the literature, the authors evaluated studies on the pathophysiology of sport-related concussion and professional athlete return-to ...
Praveen Satarasinghe   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Concussion Knowledge of Youth Sport Athletes, Coaches, and Parents: A Review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Mild traumatic brain injury, commonly known as a concussion, has gained widespread public attention. Approximately 1.1 to 1.9 million children ≤18 years old suffer sport/recreation-related concussions in the U.S. annually.
Connaughton, Daniel P   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Dual-Task Gait Stability after Concussion and Subsequent Injury: An Exploratory Investigation

open access: yesSensors, 2020
Persistent gait alterations can occur after concussion and may underlie future musculoskeletal injury risk. We compared dual-task gait stability measures among adolescents who did/did not sustain a subsequent injury post-concussion, and uninjured ...
David R. Howell   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Brain health considerations in the modern lacrosse athlete

open access: yesJournal of Cartilage & Joint Preservation, 2022
Introduction: The annual incidence of sport-related concussion ranges from 1.6 to 3.8 million concussions per year representing a common injury in sports.
Rock Vomer   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The North Texas Concussion Registry (ConTex)

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2020
Purpose The North Texas Concussion Registry (ConTex) was established in 2015 as a multi-institutional collaboration intended to study risk factors, recovery patterns and clinical outcomes associated with concussion across the lifespan, with a particular ...
C. Munro Cullum   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Descriptive Analysis of a Baseline Concussion Battery Among U.S. Service Academy Members: Results from the Concussion Assessment, Research, and Education (CARE) Consortium [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Introduction The prevalence and possible long-term consequences of concussion remain an increasing concern to the U.S. military, particularly as it pertains to maintaining a medically ready force.
Allred, C. Dain   +15 more
core   +1 more source

Evidence of a distinct peripheral inflammatory profile in sport-related concussion

open access: yesJournal of Neuroinflammation, 2019
Background Inflammation is considered a hallmark of concussion pathophysiology in experimental models, yet is understudied in human injury. Despite the growing use of blood biomarkers in concussion, inflammatory biomarkers have not been well ...
Alex P. Di Battista   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evidence in support of the call to ban the tackle and harmful contact in school rugby: a response to World Rugby [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In a paper published in BJSM (June 2016), World Rugby employees Ross Tucker and Martin Raftery and a third coauthor Evert Verhagen took issue with the recent call to ban tackling in school rugby in the UK and Ireland.
Adam John White   +61 more
core   +4 more sources

Concussion management in US college football: progress and pitfalls

open access: yesConcussion, 2016
Reducing the frequency and severity of concussions from sport is an important issue in public health currently addressed by a multifaceted approach. Given the large number of participants and the comparatively high risk of injury, American football is an
Christine M Baugh, Emily Kroshus
doaj   +1 more source

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