QUESTIONS BEING ASKED Quarrie and Murphy question the relevance of current concussion consensus definitions, particularly as they translate to the real world. The authors make pragmatic recommendations. Specifically, they suggest that the increasing incidence of concussion may be partly due to the expanded ‘theoretical’ definition, and that changes in the manner in which the SCAT3 is implemente...

Objectives The objective of this study was to investigate the degree of knowledge that sports chiropractors have in regard to concussion diagnosis and management. Methods A concussion knowledge survey was administered to Sport Chiropractic Fellows of the Royal College of Chiropractic Sports Sciences - Canada (RCCSS(C)) (n=44) via SurveyMonkey.com. Results Sports chiropractors scored statist...

An estimated 20 percent of adolescents in North America have sustained a concussion. Teachers and school administrators are responsible for supporting following concussion to return school. The purpose this study was describe the perspectives Canadian teachers with returning post-concussion. This qualitative guided by an interpretivist philosophy. Semi-structured interviews grades 7–12 (n = 13)...

Concussion is an important cause of morbidity in young student athletes. The prevention, accurate diagnosis, and prompt management of concussions require that players, parents, coaches, and medical personnel are accurately educated on current concussion data and guidelines. All states have laws that mandate concussion education for high school athletes. There is currently no uniform educational...

Most athletes who experience a sports-related concussion recover from the acute effects within a few weeks. However, some children and adolescents with concussion experience symptoms for many weeks, or even months after the injury. Subacute and chronic symptoms related to concussion are particularly concerning in children, because cognitive deficits, headache or neck pain, sleep dysfunction, an...

Concussions are a frequent occurrence in athletic endeavors, its rate exceeding that occurring in the general population by 50 fold. The biomechanics and pathophysiology of concussion are still not well understood and may lead to potential significant sequelae from single or more commonly multiple concussions. Postconcussive symptoms, the second impact syndrome and the cumulative effects of con...

CONTEXT The vast differences between individual athletes makes identifying and evaluating sports-related concussion one of the most complex and perplexing injuries faced by medical personnel. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION This review summarizes the existing literature supporting the use of a multifaceted approach to concussion evaluation on the sideline of the athletic field. Information was drawn fro...

Concussion has a long and interesting history spanning at least the 5 millennia of written medical record and closely mirrors the development of surgery and neurosurgery. Not surprisingly, much of the past and present experimental head injury and concussion work has been performed within neurosurgically driven laboratories or by several surgically oriented neurologists. This historical review c...

CONTEXT Recently, concussion has become a topic of much discussion within sports. The goal of this review is to provide an overview of the literature concerning the definition of concussion, management of initial injury, return to play, and future health risks. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION This article reviews the most recent findings on recognizing and managing sports-related concussion, which has b...

OBJECT A computerized neuropsychological test battery was conducted to evaluate memory dysfunction and self-reporting of symptoms in a group of high school athletes who had suffered concussion. METHODS Neuropsychological performance prior to and following concussion was compared with the test performance of an age-matched control group. Potentially important diagnostic markers of concussion s...