Citation

Resch JE, Rach A, Walton S, Broshek DK. Clin. Sports Med. 2017; 36(4): 717-739.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia School of Medicine, 1300 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. Electronic address: jer6x@virginia.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.csm.2017.05.002

PMID

28886824

Abstract

Sport concussion (SC) has emerged as a major health concern in the medical community and general public owing to increased research and media attention, which has primarily focused on male athletes. Female athletes have an equal, if not increased, susceptibility to SC. An ever-growing body of research continues to compare male and female athletes in terms of SC before and after an injury. Clinicians must be cognizant of this literature to make evidence-based clinical decision when providing care to female athletes and discern between dated and/or unsupported claims in terms of SC.

Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Concussion; Hormone; Neurocognitive; Sex differences