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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 24.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Sports Med. 2011 Oct 3;39(11):2304–2310. doi: 10.1177/0363546511423503

TABLE 3.

Percentage of Athletes Who Returned to Play at Given Time Points

Timing of Return to Play Percentage of All
Concussed Athletes
Percentage of Athletes Returned
to Play by Athletic Trainer
Percentage of Athletes
Returned to Play by Physician
1–2 d 4.7 6.4 2.5
3–6 d 20.7 25.5 14.9
7–9 d 30.0 31.9 28.7
10–21 d 34.5 31.1 39.3
>22 d 4.5 2.5 6.7
Medical disqualification for season 5.4 2.7 7.1
Medical disqualification for career 0.3 0.0 0.7