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Concussion in sport: what is known and what is new?

Catharina Grant, Dina Janse van Rensburg, Audrey Jansen van Rensburg, Rob Collins
South African Family Practice | Vol 56, No 3 : May/June| a6084 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/20786204.2014.932546 | © 2024 Catharina Grant, Dina Janse van Rensburg, Audrey Jansen van Rensburg, Rob Collins | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 22 November 2024 | Published: 09 December 2014

About the author(s)

Catharina Grant, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; and, Exercise SMART TEAM, South Africa
Dina Janse van Rensburg, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; and, Exercise SMART TEAM, South Africa
Audrey Jansen van Rensburg, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; and, Exercise SMART TEAM, South Africa
Rob Collins, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; and, Centre for Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics, Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Abstract

The aim of this article was to summarise the latest definition of concussion, signs of concussion, as well as important facts on recovery and graduated return to play, for different age groups. New technologies available to the sports physician are listed.

Keywords

concussion; diagnosis; return to play; signs

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