Clinically important sport-related traumatic brain injuries in children

Nitaa Eapen; Gavin A Davis; Meredith L Borland; Natalie Phillips; Ed Oakley; Stephen Hearps; Amit Kochar; Sarah Dalton; John Cheek; Jeremy Furyk; Mark D Lyttle; Silvia Bressan; Louise Crowe; Stuart Dalziel; Emma Tavender; Franz E Babl

doi:10.5694/mja2.50311

Clinically important sport-related traumatic brain injuries in children

Med J Aust. 2019 Oct;211(8):365-366. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50311. Epub 2019 Aug 16.

Authors

Nitaa Eapen^{1

2

3}, Gavin A Davis^{2

3}, Meredith L Borland^{4

5}, Natalie Phillips^{6

7}, Ed Oakley^{1

2

3}, Stephen Hearps², Amit Kochar⁸, Sarah Dalton⁹, John Cheek^{1

2

3}, Jeremy Furyk¹⁰, Mark D Lyttle^{2

11}, Silvia Bressan^{2

12}, Louise Crowe^{2

3}, Stuart Dalziel^{13

14}, Emma Tavender^{2

3}, Franz E Babl^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.
² Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC.
³ University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.
⁴ Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, WA.
⁵ University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.
⁶ Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD.
⁷ Children's Health Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
⁸ Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, SA.
⁹ Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW.
¹⁰ The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, QLD.
¹¹ Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom.
¹² University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
¹³ Starship Children's Health, Auckland, New Zealand.
¹⁴ University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

PMID: 31420871
DOI: 10.5694/mja2.50311

No abstract available

Keywords: Adolescence; Athletic injuries; Childhood injuries; Computed tomography; Diagnostic Imaging; Head injuries; Sports; Trauma, nervous system.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Athletic Injuries* / classification
Athletic Injuries* / epidemiology
Athletic Injuries* / surgery
Australia
Brain Injuries, Traumatic* / classification
Brain Injuries, Traumatic* / epidemiology
Brain Injuries, Traumatic* / etiology
Brain Injuries, Traumatic* / surgery
Child
Child, Preschool
Humans
New Zealand
Youth Sports