According to statistics kept by the Centers for Disease Control, in 2007, girls»
soccer players reported 29,167 concussions, second only to football players.And, a study published in the Jan. 2011 edition of theJournal of Athletic Training said female
athletes experience more physical long - term symptoms than
male athletes.
The study included 97
male and female
athletes participating in basketball, football, gymnastics, lacrosse,
soccer, swimming and diving, track and field and volleyball who were diagnosed with a sport - related concussion between 2008 and 2015.