Sentences with phrase «people with mild concussions»

People with mild concussions can display no symptoms despite damage to the brain, and development of CTE is the cumulation of many subconcussive impacts to the brain.

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After a concussion, a person can be left with disturbed sleep, memory deficits and other cognitive problems for years, but a new study led by Rebecca Spencer at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggests that despite these abnormalities, sleep still helps them to overcome memory deficits, and the benefit is Frontier in Human Neurosciequivalent to that seen in individuals without a history of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), also known as concussion.

I know many people who have got stuck in them and flipped off their bikes; a dear friend did it just last Thursday and is in bed now with a mild concussion, a shattered helmet and a few broken ribs.