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Ann B. Shuttleworth-Edwards, PhD

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The recent minireview by Dr Mayers¹ lends compelling support to similar concerns expressed in the September 2008 edition of Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.² At issue in both of these articles^1-2 is the hazard of ignoring the possibility that there may be clinically "silent" consequences of a sports concussion with associated return-to-play (RTP) risks. Dr Mayers recommends an extended 4- to 6-week postconcussion RTP interval in place of the commonly used 1- to 2-week interval as an imperative protective measure against this risk. However, it is hardly necessary to point out that such a blanket 4- to 6-week rule may cause some athletes to be kept out of sports longer than necessary, while at the same time there can be no guarantee that every athlete will be recovered after 4 to 6 weeks. In this respect, Dr Mayers actually states that few of the researchers he . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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