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Concussion management in combat sports

Consensus statement from the Association of Ringside Physicians

John Neidecker, Nitin K Sethi, Randolph Taylor, Raymond Monsell, Don Muzzi, Bruce Spizler, Larry Lovelace, Edmund Ayoub, Rick Weinstein, Joseph Estwanik, Patricio Reyes, Robert C Cantu, Barry Jordan, Margaret Goodman, John W Stiller, Jonathan Gelber, Robert Boltuch, Domenic Coletta, Angela Gagliardi, Stephen Gelfman, Patrick Golden, Nicholas Rizzo, Paul Wallace, Allan Fields, Calvin Inalsingh. 2019. British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Read the full textDOI 10.1136/bjsports-2017-098799PubMed 30049779

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What evidence should inform the medical decisions made around a bout?

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Summary

The Association of Ringside Physicians presents recommendations addressing recognition, management and return to competition after concussion in combat sports.

What the abstract reports

  • The statement gives guidance for ringside physicians and others on managing a fighter with a concussion and on return to competition after a concussion.
  • It states that concussion management in combat sports should be more stringent than in non-combat sports.
  • It does not cover moderate or severe brain injury, such as intracranial bleeds, or neuroimaging.

Publication status and notices

Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Professional-society consensus statement in British Journal of Sports Medicine. PubMed publication type: Journal Article; Consensus Statement.

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Published online
26 July 2018
Issue date
March 2019, volume 53, issue 6
Repository date
26 July 2018 (Europe PMC first-publication date)
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Clinical review
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