The History of Neurosurgical Treatment of Sports Concussion

The History of Neurosurgical Treatment of Sports Concussion

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Concussion has a long and interesting history spanning at least the 5 millennia of written medical record and closely mirrors the development of surgery and neurosurgery. Not surprisingly, much of the past and present experimental head injury and concussion work has been performed within neurosurgically driven laboratories or by several surgically oriented neurologists. This historical review chronicles the key aspects of neurosurgical involvement in sports concussion as related to the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation, and prevention of injury using the example of American football. In addition, we briefly trace the developments that led to our current understanding of the biomechanical and neurophysiological basis of concussion. ABBREVIATIONS: AFCA, American Football Coaches Association CTE, chronic traumatic encephalopathy EEG, electroencephalography LOC, loss of consciousness RTP, return to play

Original Article: http://journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/Fulltext/2014/10001/The_History_of_Neurosurgical_Treatment_of_Sports.2.aspx

Julio Pereira

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