title: Evidence-based review of sport-related concussion: basic science.
abstract: The evidence base for sport-related concussive brain injury is reviewed in this paper. In the past, pathophysiological understanding of this common condition has been extrapolated from studies of severe brain trauma. More recent scientific study demonstrates that this approach is unsatisfactory, and the clinical features of concussion represent a predominantly functional brain injury rather than manifest by structural or neuropathological damage. Such understanding of this condition remains incomplete at this stage.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Sports Medicine Research & Education, and Brain Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. pmccrory@compuserve.com
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McCrory
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Mohtadi
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Meeuwisse
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D013577:Syndrome