The purpose of this statement is to provide an evidence-based, best practises summary to assist physicians with the evaluation and management of sports-related concussion and to establish the level of evidence, knowledge gaps and areas requiring additional research.
The Nova Scotia Department of Health Promotion and Protection discuss the importance of helmet use for skiing and snowboarding. Evidence is presented supporting the significant reduction in head injuries.
The objective of this paper is to describe injury characteristics from organized and non-organized sports among British Columbian children and young people using Canada’s national emergency department-based injury surveillance programme.
Objectives: To examine evidence on the effectiveness of current injury prevention strategies in soccer, determine the applicability of the evidence to children and youth, and make recommendations on policy, programming, and future research. Methods: Standard systematic review methodology was modified and adopted for this review. Research questions and relevance criteria were developed a priori. Potentially relevant studies were located through electronic and hand searches. Articles were assessed for relevance and…
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