Clinical Practices in Collegiate Concussion Management.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent years, sports leagues and sports medicine experts have developed guidelines for concussion management. The extent to which current clinical practice is consistent with guideline recommendations is unclear. At the collegiate level, there have been few examinations of concussion management practices and the extent to which meaningful differences across divisions of competition exist.

Purpose

The purposes of this study were to (1) examine current practices in concussion diagnosis and management at National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) member colleges, (2) explore the extent to which current practices reflect current recommendations for concussion diagnosis and management, and (3) determine whether there are differences in management patterns acros

SUBMITTER: Baugh CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4891296 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature