Researchers collected data from 100 high schools and found that two years
after a reported concussion, female athletes reported more drowsiness and sensitivity to noise than male athletes.
The findings don't prove that a single concussion caused the differences that were revealed in brain scans and thinking tests that were given an average of two years
after a reported concussion.
Not exact matches
Chelsea are set for a row with the FA
after a member of their
concussions panel criticised the club for it's treatment of midfielder Oscar,
reports the Daily Express.
After leaving the London game with what was believed to be a
concussion, it was
reported a few days ago that Jackson had limited range of motion in his shoulder and was held out of practice.
In reading
reports about how the
concussion suffered by San Francisco 49er Alex Smith was handled, or, in the view of many, including Wise, mishandled, I was particularly struck by remarks attributed to Coach Jim Harbaugh as to why he allowed his quarterback Alex Smith to take six more snaps (ending, amazingly, in a touchdown pass)
after admitting that he was experiencing blurred vision from a head - rattling hit on a quarterback sneak.
Every clinician who routinely treat athletes with post-
concussion syndrome (i.e. patients whose symptoms
after suffering a sports - related
concussion persist for months or years), with whom I spoke for this article expressed variations of the same concern: that their patients, hearing media
reports about athletes suffering symptoms associated with CTE (such as depression), were losing hope of a full recovery, to the point of considering suicide.
Concussion and Sports Related Head Injury: Code 280.13 C requires the Iowa high school athletic association and the Iowa girls high school athletic union to work together to distribute the CDC guidelines and other information to inform and educate coaches, students, and parents and guardians of students of the risks, signs, symptoms, and behaviors consistent with a concussion or brain injury, including the danger of continuing to play after suffering a concussion or brain injury and their responsibility to report such signs, symptoms, and behaviors if t
Concussion and Sports Related Head Injury: Code 280.13 C requires the Iowa high school athletic association and the Iowa girls high school athletic union to work together to distribute the CDC guidelines and other information to inform and educate coaches, students, and parents and guardians of students of the risks, signs, symptoms, and behaviors consistent with a
concussion or brain injury, including the danger of continuing to play after suffering a concussion or brain injury and their responsibility to report such signs, symptoms, and behaviors if t
concussion or brain injury, including the danger of continuing to play
after suffering a
concussion or brain injury and their responsibility to report such signs, symptoms, and behaviors if t
concussion or brain injury and their responsibility to
report such signs, symptoms, and behaviors if they occur.
Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 21-4-703 (2011) prohibits an athletic coach or trainer from allowing a student athlete to participate in a school athletic event on the same day that the athlete (1) exhibits signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a concussion or head injury after a coach, trainer, school official or student reports, observers or suspects that they have sustained a concussion or other head injury, or (2) has been diagnosed with a concussion or other he
Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 21-4-703 (2011) prohibits an athletic coach or trainer from allowing a student athlete to participate in a school athletic event on the same day that the athlete (1) exhibits signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a
concussion or head injury after a coach, trainer, school official or student reports, observers or suspects that they have sustained a concussion or other head injury, or (2) has been diagnosed with a concussion or other he
concussion or head injury
after a coach, trainer, school official or student
reports, observers or suspects that they have sustained a
concussion or other head injury, or (2) has been diagnosed with a concussion or other he
concussion or other head injury, or (2) has been diagnosed with a
concussion or other he
concussion or other head injury.
Recent qualitative and quantitative studies have confirmed MomsTEAM's longstanding belief that, more than education about
concussion signs and symptoms, it is changing the negative attitude of too many coaches towards
reporting and creating a safe
concussion -
reporting environment that may be the best ways to improve the low rates of self -
reporting found in study
after study.
The articles, «The Effect of Coach Education on
Reporting of
Concussions Among High School Athletes
After Passage of a
Concussion Law» and «Implementation of
Concussion Legislation and Extent of
Concussion education for Athletes, Parents, and Coaches in Washington State,» are available online through the journal: http://ajs.sagepub.com/.
Concussion patients have irregular brain activity within the first 24 hours
after their injury but increased levels of brain activity a few weeks later, which suggests that the brain may compensate for the injury during recovery, a new study
reports.
Only 36 %
report that their children's school has a policy about returning to sports
after a
concussion, while more than half are unaware of any
concussion policy (Table 1).
Optimist Youth Football says it has replaced hundreds of helmets
after a KTVB
report on football helmet ratings and
concussions.
Unfortunately, the «no pain, no gain» mentality ingrained in football culture means that many athletes continue playing even
after suffering a
concussion, or worse, never
report it at all.
More than 2 1/2 years
after these laws went on the books, repeat
concussions began to decline among high school athletes, researchers
report online October 19 in the American Journal of Public Health.
These findings are
reported and discussed in «Does age affect symptom recovery
after sports - related
concussion?
They also support the idea that self -
reported symptoms and decreased neurocognitive test scores
after concussion may differ.
Overall, 62 % of the cheerleaders
reported an increase in symptoms
after a
concussion (e.g., headache, nausea, and dizziness) compared with their baseline.
Patient
reports of feeling «slower than normal»
after a
concussion have been associated with visual dysfunction of the central vision reaction times (CVRT).
Difficulty in working memory is frequently
reported in patients
after concussion.
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.
Many people
report the onset of digestive issues
after a
concussion.