National Athletic Trainers' Association Position Statement: Management of Sport-Related Concussion.

Provides information on the management of sport-related concussion recommended for certified athletic trainers (ATC), physicians and other medical professionals caring for athletes as detailed under the position statement of the National Athletic Trainers' Association of the U.S. Factors that attributed to the decrease in number of incidence of fatalities and nonfatal catastrophic injuries among high school and collegiate football players between 1976 and 1980 in the country; Mechanisms and presentation of traumatic brain injury; Action that should be taken by ATC to detect deteriorating signs and symptoms that may indicate a more serious head injury.