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Altitude Modulates Concussion Incidence: Implications for Optimizing Brain Compliance to Prevent Brain Injury in Athletes

BACKGROUND: Recent research indicates that the volume and/or pressure of intracranial fluid, a physiology affected by one’s altitude (ie, elevation above sea level), may be associated with the likelihood and/or severity of a concussion. The objective was to employ an epidemiological field investigat...

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Autores principales: Smith, David W., Myer, Gregory D., Currie, Dustin W., Comstock, R. Dawn, Clark, Joseph F., Bailes, Julian E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4555510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26535254
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2325967113511588