Vassilyadi, M; Macartney, G; Barrowman, N; Anderson, P; Dube, K
Symptom experience and quality of life in children after sport-related head injuries: A cross-sectional study Journal Article
In: Pediatric Neurosurgery, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 196–203, 2015.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Adolescent, adult, affect, Article, Athletic Injuries, behavior disorder, brain concussion, Child, clinical article, clinical assessment, cognitive defect, Cognitive Efficiency Index, complication, Concussion, Concussion Symptom Scale, controlled study, Craniocerebral Trauma, Cross-Sectional Studies, cross-sectional study, fatigue, Female, head injury, headache, human, Humans, Immediate Postconcussion Assessment and Cognitive, Likert scale, Male, memory disorder, mild traumatic brain injury, neuropsychological test, noise, Paediatric patients, Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory, postconcussion syndrome, priority journal, psychology, quality of life, rating scale, scoring system, Sport, sport injury, Sports, symptom, time factor, Time Factors, traumatic brain injury, trends
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Lefebvre, G; Tremblay, S; Théoret, H
Probing the effects of mild traumatic brain injury with transcranial magnetic stimulation of the primary motor cortex Journal Article
In: Brain Injury, vol. 29, no. 9, pp. 1032–1043, 2015.
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Makdissi, M; Davis, G; McCrory, P
Clinical challenges in the diagnosis and assessment of sports-related concussion Journal Article
In: Neurology: Clinical Practice, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 2–5, 2015.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: athlete, biological marker, checklist, clinical assessment, clinical evaluation, clinical study, competition, Concussion, Consensus, CONVALESCENCE, cost control, DECISION making, false negative result, functional disease, gold standard, human, learning, long term care, medical assessment, medical decision making, priority journal, prospective study, reaction time, recall, retrospective study, Review, risk factor, saccadic eye movement, self report, Sensitivity and Specificity, short term memory, sport injury, symptom, test retest reliability, visual system
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Jackson, K; Rubin, R; Van Hoeck, N; Hauert, T; Lana, V; Wang, H
The effect of selective head-neck cooling on physiological and cognitive functions in healthy volunteers Journal Article
In: Translational Neuroscience, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 131–138, 2015.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: adult, Article, Athletics, body temperature, body temperature measurement, brain, brain temperature, clinical assessment, clinical effectiveness, cognition, cold tolerance, cold treatment, Concussion, diastolic blood pressure, executive function, Feasibility, Female, head neck cooling, Heart Rate, human, human experiment, infrared thermometer, Intervention, Male, mouth temperature, normal human, physiological process, priority journal, pulse oximetry, room temperature, systolic blood pressure, TASK performance, temperature management device, thermoregulation, tympanic temperature, velocity, welkins emt temperature management system, working memory
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Alworth, M; Bond, M C; Brady, W J
The sports medicine literature 2013 Journal Article
In: American Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 33, no. 9, pp. 1283–1287, 2015.
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Marinides, Z; Galetta, K M; Andrews, C N; Wilson, J A; Herman, D C; Robinson, C D; Smith, M S; Bentley, B C; Galetta, S L; Balcer, L J; Clugston, J R
Vision testing is additive to the sideline assessment of sports-related concussion Journal Article
In: Neurology: Clinical Practice, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 25–34, 2015.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Article, athlete, Balance Error Scoring System, brain concussion, clinical assessment, Female, football, human, King Devick Test, major clinical study, Male, priority journal, Soccer, sport injury, Standardized Assessment of Concussion, vision test
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Vassilyadi, M; Macartney, G; Barrowman, N; Anderson, P; Dube, K
Symptom experience and quality of life in children after sport-related head injuries: A cross-sectional study Journal Article
In: Pediatric Neurosurgery, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 196–203, 2015.
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Lefebvre, G; Tremblay, S; Théoret, H
Probing the effects of mild traumatic brain injury with transcranial magnetic stimulation of the primary motor cortex Journal Article
In: Brain Injury, vol. 29, no. 9, pp. 1032–1043, 2015.
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Makdissi, M; Davis, G; McCrory, P
Clinical challenges in the diagnosis and assessment of sports-related concussion Journal Article
In: Neurology: Clinical Practice, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 2–5, 2015.
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Jackson, K; Rubin, R; Van Hoeck, N; Hauert, T; Lana, V; Wang, H
The effect of selective head-neck cooling on physiological and cognitive functions in healthy volunteers Journal Article
In: Translational Neuroscience, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 131–138, 2015.
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Alworth, M; Bond, M C; Brady, W J
The sports medicine literature 2013 Journal Article
In: American Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 33, no. 9, pp. 1283–1287, 2015.
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Marinides, Z; Galetta, K M; Andrews, C N; Wilson, J A; Herman, D C; Robinson, C D; Smith, M S; Bentley, B C; Galetta, S L; Balcer, L J; Clugston, J R
Vision testing is additive to the sideline assessment of sports-related concussion Journal Article
In: Neurology: Clinical Practice, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 25–34, 2015.
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Vassilyadi, M; Macartney, G; Barrowman, N; Anderson, P; Dube, K
Symptom experience and quality of life in children after sport-related head injuries: A cross-sectional study Journal Article
In: Pediatric Neurosurgery, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 196–203, 2015.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Adolescent, adult, affect, Article, Athletic Injuries, behavior disorder, brain concussion, Child, clinical article, clinical assessment, cognitive defect, Cognitive Efficiency Index, complication, Concussion, Concussion Symptom Scale, controlled study, Craniocerebral Trauma, Cross-Sectional Studies, cross-sectional study, fatigue, Female, head injury, headache, human, Humans, Immediate Postconcussion Assessment and Cognitive, Likert scale, Male, memory disorder, mild traumatic brain injury, neuropsychological test, noise, Paediatric patients, Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory, postconcussion syndrome, priority journal, psychology, quality of life, rating scale, scoring system, Sport, sport injury, Sports, symptom, time factor, Time Factors, traumatic brain injury, trends
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Lefebvre, G; Tremblay, S; Théoret, H
Probing the effects of mild traumatic brain injury with transcranial magnetic stimulation of the primary motor cortex Journal Article
In: Brain Injury, vol. 29, no. 9, pp. 1032–1043, 2015.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: 4 aminobutyric acid B receptor, adult, aged, Article, brain concussion, brain cortex, Brain Injuries, central motor conduction time, clinical assessment, Concussion, cortical excitability, electrostimulation, evoked muscle response, Evoked Potentials, Female, human, Humans, Inhibition, latent inhibition, latent period, long interval intracortical inhibition, magnetic stimulation, Male, Medline, middle aged, Motor, motor cortex, motor evoked potential, motor nerve conduction, muscle contraction, nerve cell excitability, nerve cell plasticity, neuromuscular facilitation, Neuronal Plasticity, outcome assessment, paired associative stimulation, Pathophysiology, PHYSIOLOGY, postsynaptic inhibition, primary motor cortex, procedures, short interval intracortical inhibition, short latency afferent inhibition, sport injury, stimulus response, Systematic Review, therapy effect, theta burst stimulation, TRANSCRANIAL magnetic stimulation, traumatic brain injury, Young Adult
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abstract = {Primary objective: The present paper systematically reviews studies using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) over the primary motor cortex (M1) to assess cortical excitability, intra-cortical inhibition/facilitation and synaptic plasticity following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).Methods: Articles using TMS over M1 in patients with mTBI or sport-related concussion indexed in PubMed and published between 1998 and September 2014 were included in the present review.Main outcomes and results: From the 17 articles that matched search criteria, results from various TMS paradigms were summarized and divided in three main areas of interest: motor cortical excitability/facilitation, motor cortical inhibition and cortical plasticity. Although studies suggest a trend of abnormal intra-cortical inhibition following mTBI, no clear and specific pattern emerges from the surveyed data.Conclusions: At this time and with the possible exception of intra-cortical inhibitory measures, TMS cannot reliably detect changes in M1 excitability in individuals with mTBI or a concussion at both the acute and chronic stages of injury. This may be explained by the small number of studies and large variety of stimulation parameters. Additional longitudinal and multimodal studies are needed to better understand the nature of the excitability changes that may occur within M1 following mTBI. © 2015 Taylor \& Francis Group, LLC.},
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Makdissi, M; Davis, G; McCrory, P
Clinical challenges in the diagnosis and assessment of sports-related concussion Journal Article
In: Neurology: Clinical Practice, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 2–5, 2015.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: athlete, biological marker, checklist, clinical assessment, clinical evaluation, clinical study, competition, Concussion, Consensus, CONVALESCENCE, cost control, DECISION making, false negative result, functional disease, gold standard, human, learning, long term care, medical assessment, medical decision making, priority journal, prospective study, reaction time, recall, retrospective study, Review, risk factor, saccadic eye movement, self report, Sensitivity and Specificity, short term memory, sport injury, symptom, test retest reliability, visual system
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title = {Clinical challenges in the diagnosis and assessment of sports-related concussion},
author = {Makdissi, M and Davis, G and McCrory, P},
doi = {10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000061},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {Neurology: Clinical Practice},
volume = {5},
number = {1},
pages = {2--5},
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Jackson, K; Rubin, R; Van Hoeck, N; Hauert, T; Lana, V; Wang, H
The effect of selective head-neck cooling on physiological and cognitive functions in healthy volunteers Journal Article
In: Translational Neuroscience, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 131–138, 2015.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: adult, Article, Athletics, body temperature, body temperature measurement, brain, brain temperature, clinical assessment, clinical effectiveness, cognition, cold tolerance, cold treatment, Concussion, diastolic blood pressure, executive function, Feasibility, Female, head neck cooling, Heart Rate, human, human experiment, infrared thermometer, Intervention, Male, mouth temperature, normal human, physiological process, priority journal, pulse oximetry, room temperature, systolic blood pressure, TASK performance, temperature management device, thermoregulation, tympanic temperature, velocity, welkins emt temperature management system, working memory
@article{Jackson2015,
title = {The effect of selective head-neck cooling on physiological and cognitive functions in healthy volunteers},
author = {Jackson, K and Rubin, R and {Van Hoeck}, N and Hauert, T and Lana, V and Wang, H},
doi = {10.1515/tnsci-2015-0012},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {Translational Neuroscience},
volume = {6},
number = {1},
pages = {131--138},
abstract = {In general, brain temperatures are elevated during physical sporting activities; therefore, reducing brain temperature shortly after a sports-related concussion (SRC) could be a promising intervention technique. The main objective of this study was to examine the effects of head and neck cooling on physiological and cognitive function in normal healthy volunteers. Twelve healthy volunteers underwent two different sessions of combined head and neck cooling, one session with a cold pack and one session with a room temperature pack. Physiological measurements included: systolic/diastolic blood pressure, pulse oximetry, heart rate, and sublingual and tympanic temperature. Cognitive assessment included: processing speed, executive function, and working memory tasks. Physiological measurements were taken pre-, mid- and post-cooling, while cognitive assessments were done before and after cooling. The order of the sessions was randomized. There was a significant decrease in tympanic temperature across both sessions; however more cooling occurred when the cold pack was in the device. There was no significant decrease in sublingual temperature across either session. The observed heart rates, pulse oximetry, systolic and diastolic blood pressure during the sessions were all within range of a normal healthy adult. Cognitive assessment remained stable across each session for both pre- and post-cooling. We propose that optimizing brain temperature management after brain injury using head and neck cooling technology may represent a sensible, practical, and effective strategy to potentially enhance recovery and perhaps minimize the subsequent short and long term consequences from SRC. © 2015 Kevin Jackson et al.},
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Alworth, M; Bond, M C; Brady, W J
The sports medicine literature 2013 Journal Article
In: American Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 33, no. 9, pp. 1283–1287, 2015.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: achilles tendon rupture, athlete, Athletic Injuries, catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycar, cause of death, cervical spine injury, clinical assessment, cognitive defect, commotio cordis, Concussion, electrocardiogram, Emergency Medicine, emergency physician, emergency ward, endotracheal intubation, football, head injury, health care quality, heart ventricle tachycardia, human, Humans, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, ice hockey, injury severity, long QT syndrome, memory assessment, myocarditis, neurologic examination, practice guideline, priority journal, resuscitation, retrograde amnesia, Review, sleep disorder, SPORTS medicine, sudden cardiac death, sudden death, traumatic brain injury, UNITED States
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title = {The sports medicine literature 2013},
author = {Alworth, M and Bond, M C and Brady, W J},
doi = {10.1016/j.ajem.2013.10.005},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {American Journal of Emergency Medicine},
volume = {33},
number = {9},
pages = {1283--1287},
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Marinides, Z; Galetta, K M; Andrews, C N; Wilson, J A; Herman, D C; Robinson, C D; Smith, M S; Bentley, B C; Galetta, S L; Balcer, L J; Clugston, J R
Vision testing is additive to the sideline assessment of sports-related concussion Journal Article
In: Neurology: Clinical Practice, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 25–34, 2015.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Article, athlete, Balance Error Scoring System, brain concussion, clinical assessment, Female, football, human, King Devick Test, major clinical study, Male, priority journal, Soccer, sport injury, Standardized Assessment of Concussion, vision test
@article{Marinides2015,
title = {Vision testing is additive to the sideline assessment of sports-related concussion},
author = {Marinides, Z and Galetta, K M and Andrews, C N and Wilson, J A and Herman, D C and Robinson, C D and Smith, M S and Bentley, B C and Galetta, S L and Balcer, L J and Clugston, J R},
doi = {10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000060},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {Neurology: Clinical Practice},
volume = {5},
number = {1},
pages = {25--34},
abstract = {We examined the King-Devick (K-D) test, a vision-based test of rapid number naming, as a complement to components of the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool, 3rd edition (SCAT3) for diagnosis of concussion. Baseline and postconcussion data for the University of Florida men's football, women's soccer, and women's lacrosse teams were collected, including the K-D test, Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC), and Balance Error Scoring System (BESS). Among 30 athletes with first concussion during their athletic season (n 5 217 total), differences from baseline to postinjury showed worsening of K-D time scores in 79%, while SAC showed a ≥2- point worsening in 52%. Combining K-D and SAC captured abnormalities in 89%; adding the BESS identified 100% of concussions. Adding a vision-based test may enhance the detection of athletes with concussion. © 2015 American Academy of Neurology.},
keywords = {Article, athlete, Balance Error Scoring System, brain concussion, clinical assessment, Female, football, human, King Devick Test, major clinical study, Male, priority journal, Soccer, sport injury, Standardized Assessment of Concussion, vision test},
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