TY - JOUR PY - 2016// TI - Mild traumatic brain injury in a gymnast JO - Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants A1 - Knight, Debra A1 - Dewitt, Rachel A1 - Moser, Sharon SP - 30 EP - 34 VL - 29 IS - 7 N2 - Primary care providers often are responsible for the initial evaluation and management plan of young patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mild TBI, also called concussion), and need to be familiar with new protocols and how to incorporate them into a patient's treatment plan. This article describes a patient who suffered a mild TBI and returned to sports too early, and discusses the appropriate protocols for managing concussion in children.

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LA - en SN - 1547-1896 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.JAA.0000483093.43523.0d ID - ref1 ER -