Back in the Game : Why Concussion Doesn't Have to End Your Athletic Career.
Back in the Game: Why Concussion Doesn't Have to End Your Athletic Career is a timely discussion of sports concussions based on science. The book does not dwell on perpetuating fears about sports and concussion, but rather, having a real-world discussion about what science and medicine knows, w...
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Oxford University Press,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Back in the Game; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; One Sports Concussion Myths and Fears; Two Athletes, Concussions, and the Playing Field; Three You Think You Might Have a Concussion-How Do You Know?; Four Life After a Diagnosis of Concussion; Five Post-Concussion Syndrome and Second-Impact Syndrome; Six Concussion, Sports, Depression, and Suicide; Seven How Athletes Can Help Themselves; Eight Thoughts for Parents and Coaches; Nine Changing the Game, On and Off the Field; Ten Controlling the Messaging of Concussion.
- Quick Answers to Common Questions About Sports ConcussionTerms to Know About Concussions and Sports; Resources to Learn More About Sports Concussion; Acknowledgments; Index.