Friday 8 September 2017

Return to Sports After Concussion

Sports-related concussion continues to haunt athletes, parents, coaches, and sports medicine clinicians like no other injury associated with athletics. Hardly a week goes by without a news report or publication on another worrisome statistic or victim.

Reporting of the injury by athletes remains an issue due to the known consequences and the desire to “stay in the game.” Although reporting has likely improved with the increased education of athletes, many episodes of head trauma that produce mild symptoms remain in the “gray zone.” There remains a lot of uncertainty about some mild episodes of head trauma.


Read the full article on Sports Health.

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