Sentences with phrase «immediately after a concussion»

The emerging model of sport concussion assessment now involves the use of brief screening tools to evaluate post-concussion signs and symptoms on the sideline immediately after a concussion and neuropsychological testing to track recovery further out from the time of injury.

Immediately after a concussion, all the cells in the brain fire at once — a massive electrical discharge «like a miniseizure,» he says — indiscriminately releasing an excitatory neurotransmitter called glutamate, which in turn triggers brain cells to release potassium.

Immediately after a concussion, these mice behaved normally.

Not exact matches

In most cases, athletes immediately removed from contact or collision sports after suffering a concussion will recover without incident fairly quickly (seven to ten days), but if they are allowed to keep playing, their recovery is likely to take longer, and they are at increased risk of long - term problems, and even catastrophic injury or death.

The study also suggest that the SAC may be best used and compared with baseline in the period immediately after a suspected concussion, as injured subjects have been found to demonstrate significant improvement in SAC scores 48 hours after injury.

A concussion should be suspected on the sports sideline, and the athlete immediately removed from play and not permitted to return the same day, if any of the following signs are observed after a direct or indirect blow to the head:

Your child may experience some strange behavior or concussion symptoms in the hours immediately after receiving a blow to the head.

People who don't experience a concussion or head injury tend to have faster reading times when tested again during the season; however, those who are tested immediately after they may have sustained a concussion experience slower times.

Because this was a retrospective study of medical records and notes by team physicians and athletic trainers, the research team wasn't able to quantify the specific amount of time athletes kept playing before reporting a concussion, whether that was immediately after finishing the game or days later, to determine how the length of a reporting delay contributed to recovery time.

«We were interested in the effect of concussion on working memory immediately following injury and after one week of recovery,» explained Glenn Wylie, DPhil, associate director of the Rocco Ortenzio Neuroimaging Center at Kessler Foundation.

Symptoms of a concussion may include dizziness, nausea, disorientation, headache, depression, insomnia, and mood swings, and may not appear immediately after a collision.