Avoiding a red card: recommendations for a consistent standard of concussion management in professional football (soccer)

Br J Sports Med. 2022 Mar;56(6):308-309. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2021-104796. Epub 2021 Sep 28.

Vincent Gouttebarge^{1

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4}, Edwin A Goedhart⁵, Emmanuel Orhant⁶, Jon Patricios⁷

¹ FIFPRO (Football Players Worldwide), Hoofddorp, The Netherlands v.gouttebarge@amsterdamumc.nl.
² Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Section Sports Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁴ Amsterdam Collaboration on Health & Safety in Sports (ACHSS), Amsterdam UMC IOC Research Center of Excellence, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁵ Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB), FIFA Medical Center of Excellence, Zeist, The Netherlands.
⁶ French Football Federation (FFF), Clairefontaine Medical Centre, FIFA Medical Center of Excellence, Clairefontaine, France.
⁷ Wits Sport and Health (WiSH), School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg-Braamfontein, South Africa.

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Keywords: brain concussion; soccer.

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