Concussions in Collision Youth Sports
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Investigators from the University of Pittsburg, University of Arkansas, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical College researched the incidence of concussions in youth hockey in relation to age and activity setting.
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