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An estimated 300,000 sports concussions are suffered in the USA every year, frequently as the result of full contact sports such a football and boxing. As these concussions can have serious and long-term consequences, a complete understanding of their causes and effects is critical for both clinical care as well as public health awareness and prevention. In this chapter, we discuss the etiology and sequelae of sports concussions, offer a summary of the guidelines on triage and treatment of these injuries, and survey the existing literature for areas of future research.

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  2. Traumatic Brain Injury Programs (M96), Wounded, Ill, & Injured Directorate, US Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Washington, DC, USA

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Weeks, S.R., Tsao, J.W. (2012). Sports Concussion. In: Tsao, J. (eds) Traumatic Brain Injury. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-87887-4_5

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