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===Terminology=== The terms mild brain injury, mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), mild head injury (MHI), and concussion may be used interchangeably;<ref name="ncipc">{{cite web |author=National Center for Injury Prevention and Control |year=2003 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/mtbi/mtbireport.pdf |title=Report to congress on mild traumatic brain injury in the United States: Steps to prevent a serious public health problem |location=Atlanta, GA |publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=2008-01-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228143923/http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/mtbi/mtbireport.pdf |archive-date=2008-02-28 }}</ref><ref name=Petchprapai07/> although the term "concussion" is still used in sports literature as interchangeable with "MHI" or "mTBI", the general clinical medical literature uses "mTBI" instead, since a 2003 [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] report outlined it as an important strategy.<ref name="BarthVarney99"/><ref name=sivak/> In this article, "concussion" and "mTBI" are used interchangeably. The term "concussion" is from [[Latin]] ''concutere'', "to shake violently"<ref name="Pearce">{{cite journal | vauthors = Pearce JM | title = Observations on concussion. A review | journal = European Neurology | volume = 59 | issue = 3β4 | pages = 113β119 | year = 2007 | pmid = 18057896 | doi = 10.1159/000111872 | url = https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/111872 | access-date = 2018-07-13 | url-status = live | doi-access = free | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184530/https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/111872 | archive-date = 2021-07-09 }}</ref> or ''concussus'', "action of striking together".<ref name="Brooks">{{cite journal |vauthors=Brooks D, Hunt B |title=Current concepts in concussion diagnosis and management in sports: A clinical review |journal=BC Medical Journal |volume=48 |issue=9 |pages=453β59 |year=2006 |url=http://www.bcmj.org/node/851 |access-date=2010-09-27 |archive-date=2016-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925202729/http://www.bcmj.org/node/851 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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