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Concussion in para sport: the first position statement of the Concussion in Para Sport (CIPS) Group

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  • Richard Weiler Amsterdam Collaboration on Health and Safety in Sports, Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands Sport & Exercise Medicine, Fortius Clinic, London, UK Para Football Foundation, Arnhem, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Cheri Blauwet Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation; Spaulding Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Kelley Adaptive Sports Research Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David Clarke University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kristine Dalton School of Optometry & Vision Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Wayne Derman Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa IOC Research Center, South Africa, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kristina Fagher Rehabilitation Medicine Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Vincent Gouttebarge Amsterdam Collaboration on Health and Safety in Sports, Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • James Kissick Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada International Paralympic Committee Medical Committee, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kenneth Lee Spinal Cord Injury/Disorder, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jan Lexell Rehabilitation Medicine Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Peter Van de Vliet International Paralympic Committee, Bonn, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Evert Verhagen Amsterdam Collaboration on Health and Safety in Sports, Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Nick Webborn Centre for Sport and Exercise Science and Medicine, University of Brighton, Eastbourne, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Osman Hassan Ahmed Para Football Foundation, Arnhem, The Netherlands University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, Poole, UK School of Sport, Health and Exercise Science, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Evert Verhagen, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, The Netherlands; e.verhagen{at}amsterdamumc.nl
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Citation

Weiler R, Blauwet C, Clarke D, et al
Concussion in para sport: the first position statement of the Concussion in Para Sport (CIPS) Group
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2021;55:1187-1195.

Publication history

  • Accepted March 4, 2021
  • First published April 9, 2021.
Online issue publication 
January 07, 2022

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