Table 1

Summary of eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Male or female athletes participating in contact sports, aged 16–65 years, with fluent English speaking.	Individuals who require hospital admission after initial assessment for their TBI.
Single or repetitive mTBI sustained in contact sport <72 hours prior to assessment.	Intracranial haemorrhage, brain tissue injury or non-TBI related pathologies on initial CT/MRI scan.
Normal neurological objective examination at the time of enrolment.	Pregnancy (urine pregnancy test will be performed for confirmation).
	Any history of neurodegenerative pathology or any recent or ongoing illness affecting the central nervous system (eg, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, meningitis, epilepsy, neoplasm).
	History of chronic alcoholism or drug abuse.
	Any other sustained injury that requires hospital admission.

mTBI, mild traumatic brain injury.