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Concussion in Sports Traumatology: Future Trends

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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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  1. Department of Trauma Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringerguertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    Marcus Hofbauer

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105, Amsterdam, AZ, Netherlands

    Bart Muller

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3471 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA

    James Ward, Christopher Murawski, Megan Wolf, Christina Kunec, Michael Collins & Freddie H. Fu

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  1. Dept. Orthopedics & Traumatology, Hacettepe University Fac. Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    Mahmut Nedim Doral

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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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