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Research based recommendations on management of sport related concussion: summary of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association position statement

K M Guskiewicz¹, S L Bruce², R C Cantu³, M S Ferrara⁴, J P Kelly⁵, M McCrea⁶, M Putukian⁷, T C Valovich McLeod⁸

¹ Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
² California State University of Pennsylvania, California, PA, USA
³ Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA, USA and Neurological Sports Injury Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
⁴ Exercise and Sport Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
⁵ University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA
⁶ Waukesha Memorial Hospital, Waukesha, WI, USA
⁷ Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
⁸ Department of Sport Health Care, Arizona School of Health Sciences, Mesa, AZ, USA

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Correspondence to:
Dr Guskiewicz
Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8700, USA; gus@email.unc.edu

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Sport related concussion should always be treated seriously and systematically

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Keywords: concussion; head injury; brain damage; athletic trainer; management

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Sport related concussion has received considerable attention in both the lay media and medical literature in recent years. As a result, clinicians, coaches, parents, and athletes at all levels of competition are becoming educated about the necessity to treat concussions seriously. In time, this will help to create a safer playing environment for athletes at all levels of competition. Despite an array of complexities associated with studying sport related concussion, new scientific research and clinically based literature have provided sports medicine professions with a wealth of updated information on the treatment of sport related concussion.

For example, there is now sufficient literature supporting the notion that once you experience a concussion, you are more likely to sustain future concussions^1,2; and a strong likelihood exists that the symptoms following these repeat concussions may be more serious and resolve at a slower rate.^1,3 Several recent research papers and consensus statements . . . [Full text of this article]

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