Table 5

Components of a comprehensive concussion clinic

ComponentPurpose/role
Personnel

  • ▸ Sports medicine physician, neurologist, neurosurgeon

  • ▸ Neuropsychologist

  • ▸ Certified athletic trainer/exercise physiologist

  • ▸ Physical therapist

  • ▸ Psychologist

  • ▸ Psychiatrist

  • ▸ Neuroradiologist

  • ▸ Research coordinator

  • ▸ Access to subspecialties

  • ▸ Social worker

  • ▸ Education specialist/consultant

  • ▸ Detailed assessment and treatment outline for patient

  • ▸ Comprehensive neuropsychological assessment

  • ▸ Coordination of subsymptom threshold programme

  • ▸ Vestibular rehabilitation

  • ▸ Management of expectation/education

  • ▸ Perform and interpret imaging

  • ▸ Coordinate research programmes

Equipment

  • ▸ CT/MRI scanner

  • ▸ Treadmill/heart-rate monitor

  • ▸ Balance testing

  • ▸ Reaction time

  • ▸ Others: bloods, genetic marker kits

  • ▸ Access to research protocols

  • ▸ Imaging

  • ▸ Exercise stress testing

  • ▸ Other investigations