Why Study High School Athletes And Concussion?
Because it hasn’t been done before and they’re the athletes at greatest risk because the largest group of athletes are high school athletes. The coverage for high school athletes is not as extensive as it is for college and professional athletes. As a clinician, this is what I do all day every day is see athletes with concussions, the worst cases I see are in high school athletes. So, for every Troy Aikman, Steve Young, Merill Hodge or Eric Lindros there are thousands of high school athletes who have the same problems with far less fanfare. One Of The Big Problems Is That Many Of The Mild Concussions Go Unreported And Undiagnosed. Why Is That? In the mild concussion by definition, you’re not going to have much of the loss of conciousness. And often times these symptoms are subtle and also the athlete needs to report the injury himself. But athletes are taught to play through injury, so they often go under the radar when something is wrong. Why? Well, first they want to play. Second, th
