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Sports-Related Concussion: Current Concepts in Diagnosis and Management
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Sports Vision, Optometry's Meeting, Neuro-Optometry
2014 Optometry's Meeting Course Recording
Description
This educational course will bring together a multidisciplinary team of sports medicine physicians, neurologists, neuro-ophthalmologists, physiatrists, and optometrists to teach about the evolving field of sports-related concussion. Speakers will focus on the epidemiology and pathophysiology of concussion injury, as well as current strategies for the diagnosis of concussion and the management of acute and chronic concussion symptoms. Specific attention will be paid to the visual sequelae of concussion and the role of visual and vestibular therapy in the rehabilitation phase of concussion recovery. A panel discussion will follow the lectures and give the audience an opportunity to further explore current topics and controversies in the care of concussed athletes.