Objective To define the time frames, measures used and modifying factors influencing
recovery, return to school/learn (RTL) and return to sport (RTS) after sport-related …

There is significant interest in understanding inflammatory responses within the brain and
spinal cord. Inflammatory responses that are centralized within the brain and spinal cord are …

Mental health symptoms and disorders are common among elite athletes, may have sport
related manifestations within this population and impair performance. Mental health cannot …

Importance Most traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are classified as mild (mTBI) based on
admission Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores of 13 to 15. The prevalence of persistent …

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, is the most common type of traumatic brain
injury. With mTBI comes symptoms that include headaches, fatigue, depression, anxiety and …

Background Sport-related concussion is recognized as a significant injury with variable
recovery rates. Objective This study defined the acute natural history of sport concussion in …

2001), 2nd (Prague 2004), and 3rd (Zurich 2008) International Consensus Conference on
Concussion in Sport and is based on the deliberations at the 4th International Conference …

Objective: To provide athletic trainers, physicians, and other health care professionals with
best-practice guidelines for the management of sport-related concussions. Background: An …

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a critical public health and socio-economic problem
throughout the world. Reliable quantification of the burden caused by TBI is difficult owing to …

Objective: To update the 1997 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) practice parameter
regarding sports concussion, focusing on 4 questions: 1) What factors increase/decrease …