11/15/2011

Youth Sports and Traumatic Brain Injury

The incidence of mild traumatic brain injury experienced today by youths in sports is climbing in the United States. In fact, the Center for Disease Control reports that between 2001-2009 there was a 60 percent increase in emergency room visits for brain injuries among adolescents and children. 

For more on the piece I wrote on this very important issue, continue reading Teen Sports Concussions Can Cause Serious Damage.

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Last updated November 15, 2011.