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ReviewJournal of athletic training2017

If You're Not Measuring, You're Guessing: The Advent of Objective Concussion Assessments.

Steven P Broglio, Kevin M Guskiewicz, John Norwig

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Review in Journal of athletic training, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Revised and Neuroimaging-Compatible Versions of the Dual Task Screen.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Steven P BroglioUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Kevin M GuskiewiczUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
John NorwigPittsburgh Steelers Organization, PA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sport-related concussion remains one of the most complex injuries presented to sports medicine professionals. Although the injury has been recognized since ancient times, the concussion-assessment process has seen significant advances over the last 30 years. This review outlines the addition of objective measures to the clinical evaluation of the concussed athlete, beginning in the 1980s and continuing through the modern age. International and domestic organizations now describe standardized symptom reports, neurostatus and neurocognitive-function evaluations, and postural-control measures as standards of medical care, a significant shift from a short time ago. Despite this progression, much about the injury remains unknown, including new clinical and research-based assessment techniques and how the injury may influence the athlete's cognitive health over the long term.

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AthletesAthletic InjuriesBrain ConcussionCognition DisordersConsensusForecastingHumansNeurologic ExaminationPhysical Therapy ModalitiesSportsSports MedicineTime Factorsevaluationevidence-based medicinetraumatic brain injury

Identifiers

PMID28387562
PMCPMC5384814

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