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1 When to Consider Retiring an Athlete After Sports-Related Concussion
Cara L. Sedney, MD, John Orphanos, MD, Julian E. Bailes, MD  Clinics in Sports Medicine  Volume 30, Issue 1, Pages (January 2011) DOI: /j.csm Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Torn axons within the brainstem and corticospinal tract of the rat, shown via immunohistochemical staining of β-amyloid precursor protein after traumatic brain injury. Clinics in Sports Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.csm ) Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 Consecutive photographs of a high school football player before and after concussive injury sustained in sport. (From Schieder R. Head and neck injuries in football. 1st edition. Baltimore [MD]: Williams and Wilkins; 1973; with permission.) Clinics in Sports Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.csm ) Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

4 Fig. 3 (A) Tau antibody stain from the cerebral cortex of a professional football player showing typical changes of CTE: NFTs (large, globular intracellular inclusions) and NTs (whispy). (B) Normal control. Clinics in Sports Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.csm ) Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

5 Fig. 4 MRI of a 24-year-old professional football player with career-ending postconcussion syndrome and a high-intensity lesion of the centrum semiovale. Clinics in Sports Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.csm ) Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

6 Fig. 5 Chiari malformation in a high school athlete who retired due to persistent postconcussion syndrome; a relative contraindication to continued contact sports participation. Clinics in Sports Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.csm ) Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions


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