Concussion Recognition & Evaluation
Lindsey Straus
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Prevention & Risk Reduction
December 20, 2013
- Lindsey Straus
Author: Lindsey Straus is an award-winning youth sports journalist, practicing attorney, and has been Senior Editor of SmartTeams since its launch as MomsTEAM in August 2000. She can be reached at lbartonstraus@MomsTEAM.com.
Risk Factors For Sports Concussion: Only Concussion History, Game Action Certain To Increase Risk, Study Finds
More research needed to identify other factors as highly certain to increase concussion risk
Previous concussions and match play increase the risk of sustaining subsequent concussions, but the jury is still out on whether other factors, such as gender, playing position, playing level, style
