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National Youth Sports Safety Month
National Youth Sports Safety Month

Rosemarie Scolaro Moser, Ph.D (Sports Concussion Neuropsychologist): Helped Family "Get Their Daughter Back"

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In recognition of April as Youth Sports Safety Month, MomsTeam has asked 30 experts to write a blog answering two questions: first, how or why did they get into their field, and second, how they have made a difference in the life of a youth athlete in the past year. Rosemarie Scolaro Moser, Ph.D

Today, we hear from Rosemarie Scolaro Moser, Ph.D, the Director of the Sports Concussion Center of New Jersey, Director of Research Programs for the International Brain Research Foundation, and MomsTeam.com's youth sports concussion neuropsychologist.

A. sports concussion neuropsychologist  tells how, through concussion education, proscribing a two week period of physical and cognitive rest, academic accommodations, and monitoring with cognitive testing, she helped one family get their concussed teenage daughter back.
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Why Cognitive and Physical Rest After Concussion?

Sports concussion neuropsychologist Rosemarie Scolaro Moser, Ph. D.says the reason a student-athlete needs to get cognitive and physical rest after a concussion is to reduce the work the injured brain has to do in order to allow it time to heal.
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Concussion Evaluation and Management: An Overview

Sports concussion neuropsychologist Rosemarie Scolaro Moser, Ph. D. provides an overview of the concussion evaluation and management process leading, hopefully, to a student-athlete's return to sports:
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Youth Sports Concussions: Team Approach Needed

A team approach to concussion management in youth and high school sports, which includes a sports physician, neuropsychologist and athletic trainer, is optimal, especially given the vulnerability of youth to traumatic brain injury.
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Concussion Risk Doesn't End with School Year

For an increasing number of kids these days, playing sports doesn't end with the school year.  If anything, the competitive intensity of the all-star, tournament, travel ball, and sports camps that fill up their summer vacations means increased athletic exposures and increased risk of mild traumatic brain injury or concussion. And, because such activities are less likely to be staffed by an athletic trainer or other health care professional with specialized expertise in recognizing and treating concussion, parents need to be especially vigilant to the signs and symptoms of concussion.
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