Effects of Concussion

Unmarked Detour: Frustration As Sports Restrictions, Concussion Symptoms, Cognitive Impairment Continued

Seven months after her daughter's concussion, Dorothy Bedford talks about the important role neuropsychologists play in concussion recovery, especially in terms of academic accommodations, and her frustration that, when her daughter Heidi returned for her junior year at boarding school, she could still not play contact sports, and continued to experience concussion symptoms and cognitive impairment, which adversely effected her grades and scores on standardized tests.

For articles in Dorothy's series, "Unmarked Detour," click here.

 

For a companion series of videos featuring Dorothy Bedford, click here.

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Concussion Impairs Brain's Short-Term Ability to Handle Stress of Exercise, Study Finds

The absence of concussion symptoms doesn't mean the brain has fully recovered, suggests a new study finding that blood flow and carbon dioxide levels in the brains of athletes are reduced under the stress of exercise for three to seven days after a concussion.
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Impact of Concussion On Teen's Ability to Drive Often Overlooked

Often overlooked by parents after their teen suffers a sports concussion is the effect that it can have on their ability to drive a car, effecting reaction time, judgment and awareness, says mom of a concussed athlete, Dorothy Bedford.
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Depression Common Where Concussion Recovery Is Prolonged

Depression is common in athletes who do not recover quickly from their concussions, says Dr. William P. Meehan, III, primarily because they are saddened by their injury, by the fact that they cannot participate in sports, and by the fact that they are having more difficulty with schoolwork and other cognitive tasks.  Seeing a sports psychologist can be helpful in treating depression after a sport-related concussion.

 

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Brooke de Lench
Brooke de Lench

Are Parents Who Allow Young Athletes To Play Contact or Collision Sports Guilty of Child Abuse?

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:01. | 2 comments

As long-time visitors to MomsTeam or readers of my blog and 2006 book know, I have always taken a somewhate expansive view of what constitutes child abuse in the context of sports.  Among other things, I have long advocated for adoption by the United States of the protections against abuse contained in the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (the U.S. and Somalia are the only two countries that have not signed the convention), and believe that a parent or coach who knowingly allows a child to continue to play while injured, or recklessly exposes a child to an unreasonable risk of sports injury, is engaging in child abuse.

Parents who allow their children - particularly elementary school age-children  -  to participate in collision sports are not engaging in child abuse simply by letting them play.
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NHL Star Had CTE: Degenerative Disease Linked To Repeated Brain Trauma

An autopsy has revealed that former NHL star Rick Martin was suffering from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated brain trauma.
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Quitting Contact or Collision Sport After Concussion: Tough On Family, Not Just Athlete

Retiring from contact or collision sports due to concussion history can be emotionally difficult for both athlete and parent.  Athletes who  play other sports, have clear academic goals, high self-esteem, and supportive and responsible parents fare best.
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Effects of Concussion: Subtle Yet Prolonged For Those With Multiple Concussion History

Multiple concussions in high school athletes impair sustained attention and cognitive flexibility for a long period of time after the injury.  Youth athletes who have sustained two or more previous concussions but who do not report or demonstrate any physical, medical, or cognitive difficulties related to a history of concussion report significantly lower academic GPAs, and more concussion-related symptoms.

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Concussions Impair Cognitive Function in College Athletes

College-age athletes who had previously suffered a concussion performed more poorly on tests for verbal memory than those who had not, according to a new study presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine and 2nd World Congress on Exercise is Medicine® in June 2011.
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Multiple Concussion History Linked to Continuing Symptoms

Student athletes with a multiple concussion history are significantly more likely to experience continuing concussion-related symptoms such as headache, balance problems, dizziness than their peers with a history of one or no concussions, finds a new study to be published in the journal Neurosurgery.
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