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Concussions in sports: guidelines for return to competition
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Concussions in sports: guidelines for return to competition
Am Fam Physician.
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Abstract
Concussion is the most common head injury in sports. The injury ranges from a simple "ding" to prolonged loss of consciousness with amnesia. Proper grading of the severity of the injury is necessary to establish a protocol for deciding when to allow an athlete to return to his or her sport. This approach to concussions will minimize the risk of further, even fatal, complications.
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Head concussion guidelines.Am Fam Physician. 1995 Mar;51(4):742. Am Fam Physician. 1995. PMID: 7887348 No abstract available.
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