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Evaluation and management of sports-related concussive injuries has received tremendous attention by the media as well as the medical and scientific community in the past decade. The assessment of sports-related concussions, however, remains challenging for physicians given the highly variable duration of symptoms associated with each individual injury. About 80–90 % of athletes achieve a complete recovery within 1–3 weeks after the initial impact, leaving 10–20 % of athletes remaining symptomatic for months or even longer in some cases. This chapter will review the epidemiology, sideline evaluation, and management of sports-related concussions and discuss recent recommendations for the management of concussions, including the neurocognitive testing, and the subsequent steps recommended for returning an athlete to play.
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Hofbauer, M. et al. (2013). Concussion in Sports Traumatology: Future Trends. In: Doral, M., Karlsson, J. (eds) Sports Injuries. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36801-1_238-1
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