Sports Neurology

SECTION I. Introduction1. Sports and the human brain: an evolutionary perspective2. Sports neurology as a multidisciplinary field SECTION II. Traumatic brain injury and concussion3. Mild traumatic brain injury and concussion: terminology and classification4. Catastrophic neurologic injuries in sport5. Concussive and subconcussive brain trauma: the complexity of impact biomechanics and injuryrisk in contact sport6. Concussion: pathophysiology and clinical translation7. Epidemiology of sports concussion in the United States8. Sideline assessment of concussion9. Emergency department evaluation of the concussed athlete10. Office-based concussion evaluation, diagnosis, and management: adult11. Office-based concussion evaluation, diagnosis, and management: pediatric12. The relationship of migraine and other headache disorders to concussion13. Sleep disorders and concussion14. Vestibular dysfunction and concussion15. Neuro-ophthalmologic disorders following concussion16. Neuropsychiatry of sport-related concussion17. Postconcussion syndrome18. The role of neuropsychologists in concussion evaluation and management19. Return to play following sports-related concussion20. Return to learn21. Neuroimaging of brain trauma in sports22. Blood and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers23. Measuring head impacts: accelerometers and other sensors24. Subconcussive trauma25. The evolving landscape of policies, rules, and law in sport-related concussion26. The modern landscape of sport-related concussion research: key achievements and future directions SECTION III. Neurodegeneration and other long-term consequences of concussion andrepetitive head impacts27. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: clinical presentation and in vivo diagnosis28. The neuropathology of chronic traumatic encephalopathy29. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: neuroimaging biomarkers30. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: fluid biomarkers SECTION IV. Cervical spinal cord injuries31. Biomechanics and common mechanisms of injury of the cervical spine32. Cervical spine trauma evaluation33. Acute management of cervical spine trauma34. Cervical spine trauma: prevention strategies35. Classification in para sport for athletes following cervical spine trauma SECTION V. Peripheral nerve injuries36. Peripheral nerve injury in sport: an overview37. Neuromuscular adaptations in shoulder function and dysfunction38. Common peripheral nerve injuries in sport: diagnosis and management SECTION VI. Pain39. Sport-related injury and pain classification40. Pain management in sport: therapeutic injections SECTION VII. Special neurologic considerations in sport41. Athletes with neurologic disease42. Neurologic benefits of sports and exercise43. Future directions