During cheerleading practice in April, Jana Duey's sixth grade daughter, Karter, sustained a concussion when she fell several feet headfirst onto a gym floor mat. Days after, Karter still had a ...
While we may have moved past the days of referring to a blow to the head as a "bell-ringer" or allowing a player to dive back into a game while still groggy, concussions are still a painful ...
Researchers found that non-Hispanic Black children and those with public insurance and lower Child Opportunity Index (COI) scores were much more likely to seek care for concussions in the emergency ...
Monitoring: There should be more stringent monitoring of brain health of these young athletes. Serial neuroimaging and neurocognitive evaluations can help achieve this. If any worrisome changes are ...