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Title Pediatric and adolescent concussion : diagnosis, management, and outcomes / Jennifer Niskala Apps, Kevin D. Walter, editors
Published New York, NY : Springer, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 212 pages)
Contents pt. 1. Definitions and causes of concussion -- pt. 2. Assessment and treatment of concussion -- pt. 3. Additional issues in pediatric concussion
Historical Perspectives on Concussion / Mark E. Halstead -- Definition and Classification of Concussion / Doug Bodin, Keith Owen Yeates, and Karl Klamar -- Sports-Related Concussion / Amy E. Valasek and Teri Metcalf McCambridge -- Biomechanics and Pathophysiology of Concussion / Michael McCrea and Mathew R. Powell -- Immediate "On-the-Field" Assessment of Concussion / Susannah M. Briskin and Amanda K. Weiss Kelly -- Acute Treatment of Concussion / Danny G. Thomas -- Utilization of Imaging Technology in Concussion Assessment / Katherine S. Dahab and David T. Bernhardt -- Long-Term Assessment of Concussion / Jonathan E. Romain -- Long-Term Treatment of Concussion / Monique S. Burton -- Methods of Formal Neurocognitive Assessment of Concussion / Nathan E. Kegel and Mark R. Lovell -- Premorbid Functional Considerations in Pediatric Concussion / Peter L. Stavinoha, Brianne Butcher, and Alice Ann Spurgin -- Developmental Considerations in Pediatric Concussion Evaluation and Management / Gerard A. Gioia, Christopher G. Vaughan, and Maegan D.S. Sady -- The Future of Preventing Concussion in Children and Adolescents / Rebecca A. Demorest -- Postinjury Issues and Ethics of Return to Play in Pediatric Concussion / Jennifer Niskala Apps, Kevin D. Walter, and Jason S. Doescher
Summary Annotation Between the growing numbers of children and adolescents playing sports and the increased attention to head injuries by the larger sports community and the general public, pediatric concussions are emerging as a major concern. And as practitioners are seeing more young clients with head injuries, questions arise about age-appropriate assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and return to activity. Pediatric and Adolescent Concussion: Diagnosis, Management, and Outcomes offers evidence-based guidelines where few previously existed. This comprehensive volume clearly explains the effects of traumatic injury on the developing brain in sports- and non-sports-related contexts, and establishes a framework for immediate and long-term management, especially the crucial first 24 hours. Chapters provide a basic grounding in its subject with a history of concussion as a medical entity and a review of definitional and classification issues, take the reader through the steps of a neuropsychological evaluation, pinpoint post-injury issues, and offer strategies for the prevention of further or future injury. Pediatric and Adolescent Concussion: Diagnosis, Management, and Outcomes serves as both educational resource and practical framework for a wide array of professionals, including neuropsychologists, sports medicine physicians, child psychologists and psychiatrists, pediatric and family physicians, athletic trainers, social workers, and educators
Analysis Pediatrics
Psychology, clinical
Neuropsychology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Brain -- Concussion.
Pediatric neurology.
Children.
Brain Concussion
Adolescent
Child
children (people by age group)
MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
Children
Brain -- Concussion
Pediatric neurology
Form Electronic book
Author Apps, Jennifer Niskala.
Walter, Kevin D.
ISBN 9780387895451
0387895450
0387895442
9780387895444