Is traumatic brain injury a higher risk for girls than boys ?

Reported by www.thirdage.com; "The signs can be very subtle, but if you feel like something is wrong, you need to assume it is " states Dr. Adam Bennett of Northwestern Memorial. A study in the Winter 2007-2008 edition of Journal of Athletic Training reports a number of surprising findings about girls and concussions.

Girls playing high school scoccer suffer concussions 68 percent more than boys playing the same sport:-Girls appear more susceptible to concussions in sports like scoccer and basketball than boys;-Concussion rates in high school basketball were almost 3 times higher for girls thasn boys;-Girls took much longer than boys for concussion symptons to resolve and return to play.

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