Concussion and football: a review and editorial
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A Multi-Modal Approach to Assessing Recovery in Youth Athletes Following Concussion
Published on: September 25, 2014
Kalil G Abdullah1, M Sean Grady, Joshua M Levine
1Departments of Neurosurgery, The Perelman School of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Abstract:
The issue of concussion in football is of substantial interest to players, coaches, fans, and physicians. In this article, we review specific cultural hindrances to diagnosis and treatment of concussion in football. We review current trends in management and identify areas for improvement. We also discuss the obligations that physicians, particularly neurosurgeons and neurologists, have toward brain-injured football players and the larger societal role they may play in helping to minimize football-associated brain injury.

