Sports Neurology

<p>SECTION I. Introduction<br>1. Sports and the human brain: an evolutionary perspective<br>2. Sports neurology as a multidisciplinary field</p> <p>SECTION II. Traumatic brain injury and concussion<br>3. Mild traumatic brain injury and concussion: terminology and classification<br>4. Catastrophic neurologic injuries in sport<br>5. Concussive and subconcussive brain trauma: the complexity of impact biomechanics and injury<br>risk in contact sport<br>6. Concussion: pathophysiology and clinical translation<br>7. Epidemiology of sports concussion in the United States<br>8. Sideline assessment of concussion<br>9. Emergency department evaluation of the concussed athlete<br>10. Office-based concussion evaluation, diagnosis, and management: adult<br>11. Office-based concussion evaluation, diagnosis, and management: pediatric<br>12. The relationship of migraine and other headache disorders to concussion<br>13. Sleep disorders and concussion<br>14. Vestibular dysfunction and concussion<br>15. Neuro-ophthalmologic disorders following concussion<br>16. Neuropsychiatry of sport-related concussion<br>17. Postconcussion syndrome<br>18. The role of neuropsychologists in concussion evaluation and management<br>19. Return to play following sports-related concussion<br>20. Return to learn<br>21. Neuroimaging of brain trauma in sports<br>22. Blood and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers<br>23. Measuring head impacts: accelerometers and other sensors<br>24. Subconcussive trauma<br>25. The evolving landscape of policies, rules, and law in sport-related concussion<br>26. The modern landscape of sport-related concussion research: key achievements and future directions</p> <p>SECTION III. Neurodegeneration and other long-term consequences of concussion and<br>repetitive head impacts<br>27. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: clinical presentation and in vivo diagnosis<br>28. The neuropathology of chronic traumatic encephalopathy<br>29. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: neuroimaging biomarkers<br>30. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: fluid biomarkers</p> <p>SECTION IV. Cervical spinal cord injuries<br>31. Biomechanics and common mechanisms of injury of the cervical spine<br>32. Cervical spine trauma evaluation<br>33. Acute management of cervical spine trauma<br>34. Cervical spine trauma: prevention strategies<br>35. Classification in para sport for athletes following cervical spine trauma</p> <p>SECTION V. Peripheral nerve injuries<br>36. Peripheral nerve injury in sport: an overview<br>37. Neuromuscular adaptations in shoulder function and dysfunction<br>38. Common peripheral nerve injuries in sport: diagnosis and management</p> <p>SECTION VI. Pain<br>39. Sport-related injury and pain classification<br>40. Pain management in sport: therapeutic injections</p> <p>SECTION VII. Special neurologic considerations in sport<br>41. Athletes with neurologic disease<br>42. Neurologic benefits of sports and exercise<br>43. Future directions<br></p>