Objective Athletes´ concussion knowledge is not optimal which may contribute to underreporting. In our 2018 study of 508 female athletes (age = 26.9, SD = 7.1, 34.5% retired) (Kristjánsdóttir et al., ...
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Ask 10 random people what a concussion is, and you’d probably get 10 answers. Despite all the recent attention, the injury still is referred to as getting “your bell rung,” “knocked out” or “dinged up ...
If you’ve ever had a head injury or suspected concussion, you may have been warned to stay awake for several hours or to have someone wake you up every hour. This advice stemmed from the belief that ...
Athletes do not have the same understanding of a concussion and its effects as the formally accepted medical definition of the condition, study results showed. “This study indicates that researchers ...
While concussion awareness has improved over the past decade, understanding the nuances of these sports injuries, their severity, symptoms, and treatment, is still a work in progress. Neurologists and ...
Concussions are nothing to mess around with. By definition, they're a type of traumatic brain injury. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that when the brain bounces around in ...
University of Montreal-led research has found that children who sustain concussion may need three months or longer to be considered optimally recovered across physical, cognitive, socioemotional, and ...
This Concussion Evaluation and Management Protocol ("Protocol") sets forth the procedures that Clubs shall follow regarding concussion education, testing, identification, evaluation, and management.
Ask 10 random people what a concussion is, and you’d probably get 10 answers. Despite all the recent attention, the injury still is referred to as getting “your bell rung,” “knocked out” or “dinged up ...