Medical retirement from sport after concussions
A practical guide for a difficult discussion
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- Received July 20, 2017
- Accepted October 6, 2017
- First Published January 23, 2018.
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Author Disclosures
- Cecilia Davis-Hayes, BA*,
- David R. Baker, MD*,
- Thomas S. Bottiglieri, DO,
- William N. Levine, MD,
- Natasha Desai, MD,
- James D. Gossett, ATC, and
- James M. Noble, MD, MS, CPH
- Cecilia Davis-Hayes, BA*,
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- David R. Baker, MD*,
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- Thomas S. Bottiglieri, DO,
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Non-profit, travel expenses for the Big 10/Ivy league concussion summit - scientific collaboration annual meeting
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- William N. Levine, MD,
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Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Editor-in-Chief, 2015
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Zimmer Biomet - unpaid Consultant
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Smith and Nephews- Fellowship Grant 2016
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- Natasha Desai, MD,
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- James D. Gossett, ATC, and
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- James M. Noble, MD, MS, CPH
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Non-profit, travel expenses for the Big 10/Ivy league concussion summit - scientific collaboration annual meeting
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I am involved with development a real-time concussion diagnostic tool. I am unable to disclose the intellectual property but do not appreciate a conflict of interest with this manuscript.
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I provide consultative work as a secondary reviewer with Prophase, LLC for an Alzheimer disease related trial. I do not appreciate a conflict of interest with this manuscript.
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NIH: U54 NS081765 (Co-I), R01 NS067443 (Co-I), R01AG054536 (PI), T35 AG044303 (Co-PI). None of these directly supported this work, nor are they relevant.
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Stock options: Bats Toi wrestling headgear (not a concussion tool/diagnostic). I do not appreciate a conflict of interest with this manuscript.
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- College of Physicians & Surgeons (CD-H); Department of Pediatrics (DRB), Montefiore Medical Center; Department of Orthopedics (TSB, WNL, ND), Columbia University Medical Center; and Athletics Department (JDG), Department of Neurology, Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer Disease and the Aging Brain (JMN), and G.H. Sergievsky Center (JMN), Columbia University, New York, NY.
- Correspondence
Dr. Noble jn2054{at}columbia.edu
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- Author Response: Medical retirement from sport after concussions: A practical guide for a difficult discussion
- James M. Noble, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center
Submitted April 04, 2018 - LETTER RE: Medical retirement from sport after concussions: A practical guide for a difficult discussion
- Nitin K. Sethi, Associate Professor of Neurology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY U.S.A.
Submitted March 15, 2018
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