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Concussion

A traumatic brain injury in which force to the head, neck or body produces signs and symptoms of disturbed brain function.

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The Amsterdam 2022 consensus defines sport-related concussion this way and notes that standard CT and MRI are expected to be normal, so diagnosis is clinical. Symptoms may appear at once or evolve over minutes to hours.

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Definitions here are general. They do not say what any profession may do in any state; that is set by each state’s law. Back to the full glossary

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