Take a free, non-credit online course on concussion with UCalgary and Université Laval. The seven-week course is open to those who are interested in preventing, detecting and managing concussions.
Neem jou kind aan kontaksport deel, is harsingskudding maar altyd in ’n mens se agterkop. Maar latere probleme kan voorkom word. Rooi Rose Magazine, June 2014, Page 84.
Figures from SA Rugby indicate that 12-15 percent of boys playing rugby in any given season will be concussed and that there is a 50 percent chance of a player receiving a blow to the head, resulting in concussion, at some time in his school rugby career.
A study presented at the American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting by Kevin Guskiewicz and others and about to be published in Med Sci Sports Exerc claims that the risk of depression later in life is three times higher in those American football players who have suffered three or more concussive episodes in their career..
Recently retired Lions doctor Jon Patricios to advance the drive to make the management and treatment of concussion in rugby more scientific and efficient through the Pharos Concussion Programme.
5th International Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport
Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5 (SCAT5)
Concussion Recognition Tool 5 (CRT5)
Systematic reviews from 5th International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport
http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/51/11
http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/51/12
Rest and treatment systematic review
Canadian Concussion Collaborative Resources
Concussion Awareness and Training Tool (CATT)
JOSPT article evaluating changes in clinical function following concussion
Masterclass Articles: Schneider KJ. Masterclass Article.
Part I: The need for a multifaceted assessment Musculoskeletal Science and Practice. ePub
Part II: Rehabilitation. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice. ePub
Dynamic recursive model of concussion:
Schneider KJ, Emery CA, Black A, Yeates KO, Debert CT, Lun V, Meeuwisse WH. Adapting
the dynamic, recursive model of sport injury to concussion: An individualized approach to concussion prevention, detection, assessment, and treatment.
NINDS Common Data Elements for Sport-related concussion
Physiotherapy Alberta College + Association Concussion Toolkit
Paediatric guidelines – links to videos:
https://braininjuryguidelines.org/pediatricconcussion/section/a/#domain-2
Physical Therapy Evaluation and Treatment after concussion/mild Traumatic Brain Injury
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