Sports and non-sports-related concussions among Medicaid-insured children: health care utilization before and after Ohio’s concussion law

Headache after sports-related concussion.

Sports-related concussions.

Concussions are an inherent part of collision sports such as football and soccer. As a subset of traumatic brain injury, concussions are neurometabolic events that cause transient neurologic dysfunction. Following a concussion, some athletes require longer neurologic recovery than others. Education and intervention aimed at prevention and management can minimize the long-term sequelae of sports...

Pathophysiology of Sports-Related Concussion

CONTEXT Concussions that occur during participation in athletic events affect millions of individuals each year. Although our understanding of the pathophysiology of concussion has grown considerably in recent years, much remains to be elucidated. This article reviews basic science and relevant translational clinical research regarding several aspects of concussion. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION A lit...

Return to Sports After Concussion

Sports-related concussion: assessment and management.

! Most major U.S. professional sports and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) have adopted concussion policies. Current National Football League andNCAA guidelines do not permit an athlete with a concussion to return to play on the same day as the injury. No adolescent or high-school athletes with a concussion should be allowed to return to play on the same day regardless of sev...