Sports Medicine News

The number and severity of head impacts — not just a single large head impact — may cause concussion, according to findings recently published in Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 

Mandated health screenings for European football players may not always catch the potential for CV incidents, according to a study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Up to 1.9 million children are estimated to have concussions in the United States each year, and these injuries may be underreported among young athletes, according to a clinical report published in Pediatrics.

Sustaining a concussion and/or a mild traumatic brain injury was tied to a higher risk for suicide, according to findings of a systematic review recently published in JAMA Neurology.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Young athletes with sports-related concussions who had poor sleep were more likely to experience greater symptom severity and a longer recovery compared with children who had good sleep, according to a presentation at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

A decision-making aid that provides parents with information on minor head injuries through illustrations and charts helped them identify symptoms of clinically important traumatic brain injury, or ciTBI, in their children, according to research published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers wrote that children of these parents also had a stronger understanding of diagnostic options available.

Researchers found that 11% of “master” athletes had CVD, according to a study recently published in BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine.

The CDC published 19 recommendations in JAMA Pediatrics to assist physicians in diagnosing, treating and estimating the prognosis of mild traumatic brain injury in children.

Athletes with ADHD have a greater risk for anxiety and depression after a concussion, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s Sports Concussion Conference.

Patients who had traumatic brain injury and initiated medical contact were at higher risk for suicide than those without TBI, according to findings recently published in JAMA.