Sports Concussions: A Complete Guide to Recovery and Management - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1498701620 ISBN 13: 9781498701624

Publisher: CRC Press, 2017

Synopsis

Sport-related concussions have become an increasingly important topic as evidenced by recent media attention. Due in large part to the complex nature of concussive injuries, there is great discrepancy in the effect these injuries have on individual functioning and the type and nature of services that best facilitate recovery. This book is intended as a complete reference guide dealing with sports-related concussions.

About this title

About the Author:

Isabelle Gagnon, PhD, is an assistant professor at the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy at McGill University as well as a clinician and researcher at The Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Center.

Alain Ptito, PhD, is a professor of neurology and neurosurgery at McGill University. He has worked as a neuropsychologist at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital and is now Director of the Psychology Department at the MUHC.

Review:

"Very timely...a well written, thorough review of the topic of concussion. This greatly needed book will be a useful tool for health care providers at the forefront of concussion care."
―Chantel Debert, University of Calgary, Canada

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1498701620
• ISBN 13: 9781498701624
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 455
• Editor: Gagnon Isabelle, Ptito Alain