Steven P Broglio, Johna K Register-Mihalik, Kevin M Guskiewicz, John J Leddy, Alejandra Merriman, Tamara C Valovich McLeod
OBJECTIVE: To provide athletic trainers and team physicians with updated recommendations to the 2014 National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) concussion position statement regarding concussion management, specifically in the areas of education, assessment, prognostic factors, mental health, return to academics, physical activity, rest, treatment, and return to sport. BACKGROUND: Athletic trainers have benefited from the 2 previous NATA position statements on concussion management, and although the most recent NATA position statement is a decade old, knowledge gains in the medical literature warrant updating several (but not all) recommendations...
March 1, 2024: Journal of Athletic Training