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Neuroimaging in professional combat sports

Consensus statement from the association of ringside physicians

Nitin K Sethi, John Neidecker. 2023. The Physician and Sportsmedicine.

Read the sourceDOI 10.1080/00913847.2022.2083922PubMed 35678314

The medical question

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

This source informs the Fight Medicine Research Institute’s work on assessment, immediate care and follow-up for fighters. Recommendations, observed associations and validated clinical measurements are identified separately in the research record.

Summary

The Association of Ringside Physicians sets out neuroimaging guidance for professional combat sports, covering imaging before licensure and imaging immediately after a bout.

What the abstract reports

  • The statement sets out neuroimaging guidance for professional boxing, kickboxing and MMA.
  • It addresses imaging before licensure, to identify higher-risk fighters, and imaging immediately after a bout.
  • It notes that imaging requirements vary between jurisdictions and that no consensus guideline existed before it.

Publication status and notices

Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Professional-society consensus statement in The Physician and Sportsmedicine. PubMed publication type: Journal Article; Consensus Statement.

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Article details

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Published online
13 June 2022
Issue date
4 July 2023, volume 51, issue 4
Repository date
13 June 2022 (Europe PMC first-publication date)
Date used here
13 June 2022 (Crossref publisher deposit, online publication date)
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Clinical review
None. This record is a research summary, not clinical education.
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Catalog
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