Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with a host of psychiatric and neurobehavioral
problems. As mortality rates have declined for severe TBI, attention has turned to the …

Objective Systematic review of possible long-term effects of sports-related concussion in
retired athletes. Data sources Ten electronic databases. Study selection Original research; …

Abstract The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine convened a panel of experts to
provide an evidence-based, best practices document to assist sports medicine physicians …

Drug abuse occurs in all sports and at most levels of competition. Athletic life may lead to
drug abuse for a number of reasons, including for performance enhancement, to self-treat …

Study objective Increasing opioid prescribing has been linked to an epidemic of opioid
misuse. Our objective is to synthesize the available evidence about patient-, prescriber …

Context: Previous injury is the strongest risk factor for future injury in sports. It has been
proposed that motor-control changes such as movement limitation and asymmetry …

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is common in boxing and other contact sports. The long term
irreversible and progressive aftermath of TBI in boxers depicted as punch drunk syndrome …

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with
head trauma. Although initially believed to affect only boxers, the at-risk population has …

Concern exists about cardiovascular disease (CVD) in professional football players. We
examined whether playing position and size influence CVD mortality in 3,439 National …

Page 1 Psychology of Sport Injury Britton W. Brewer, PhD Springfield College Charles J.
Redmond, MS, ATC, LAT, PT Springfield College Page 2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication …