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Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016

TL;DR: This document is developed for physicians and healthcare providers who are involved in athlete care, whether at a recreational, elite or professional level, and provides an overview of issues that may be of importance to healthcare providers involved in the management of SRC.
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National Athletic Trainers' Association Position Statement: Management of Sport Concussion

TL;DR: The recommendations for concussion management provided here are based on the most current research and divided into sections on education and prevention, documentation and legal aspects, evaluation and return to play, and other considerations.
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Epidemiology of Concussions Among United States High School Athletes in 20 Sports

TL;DR: Although interest in sports-related concussions is usually focused on full-contact sports like football and ice hockey, concussions occur across a wide variety of high school sports and rates vary by sport, gender, and type of exposure.
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The epidemiology of sport-related concussion.

TL;DR: The factors that affect concussion rate are identified and improved techniques and rule changes can be improved to minimize the rate and severity of concussions in sports.
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ASSESSMENT OF OUTCOME AFTER SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE: A Practical Scale

TL;DR: In this article, a five-point scale is described, which includes death, persistent vegetative state, severe disability, moderate disability, and good recovery, and duration as well as intensity of disability should be included in an index of ill-health.
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Consensus statement on Concussion in Sport - The 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2012

TL;DR: The 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2012 was attended by Paul McCrory, Willem H Meeuwisse, Mark Aubry, Jiří Dvořák, Ruben J Echemendia, Lars Engebretsen, Karen Johnston, Jeffrey S Kutcher, Martin Raftery, Allen Sills and Kathryn Schneider.
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Epidemiology of collegiate injuries for 15 sports: summary and recommendations for injury prevention initiatives.

TL;DR: Modifiable factors that, if addressed through injury prevention initiatives, may contribute to lower injury rates in collegiate sports are indicated.
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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in athletes: progressive tauopathy after repetitive head injury.

TL;DR: This work reviews 48 cases of neuropathologically verified CTE recorded in the literature and document the detailed findings of CTE in 3 professionalathletes, 1 football player and 2 boxers.