Information gathered and questions answered
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Age -
Sex -
School level at first visit -
Sport during which concussion occurred -
Did the concussion occur during a game, a practice, training away from the venue, etc? -
Did the patient have an initial loss of consciousness? If so, for how long? -
Did the patient experience posttraumatic amnesia? If so, for how long? -
If the patient visited the emergency department, time between injury and emergency department visit -
Time between injury and visit to sports medicine physician -
Number of visits to the doctor -
Number of previous concussions -
Were there any coaching errors that led to the injury? -
Was there a violation of rules that led to the injury? -
Was the patient allowed to return to play soon after the injury and before symptoms resolved? -
Was the patient allowed to return to play soon after the injury and before adequate medical assessment? -
Number of days until able to participate in any activity -
Time until cleared to return to play -
Did the patient have a recurrence of symptoms? -
Was the patient referred to a neurosurgeon or neurologist? -
Did the patient return to his or her sport too soon, or before he or she had fully recovered? -
Did the patient return to school too soon, or before he or she had adequately recovered? -
SCAT or SCAT2 scores at each office visit
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