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Research study recommendations

  • Need to develop a longitudinal study of participants in athletics over a length of a career to help show if micro concussions have an impact on cognitive functions
  • Coaches, trainers, and parents need to emphasize the use of proper techniques in sports
  • Better equipment is needed to prevent trauma to the head

Every Newton Hertz

  • Linear and rotational acceleration of the head are correlated to micro concussion and brain injury risk
  • Youth head and body impact during sport practices can be high.

Not So Micro

Micro concussions

Micro concussions in adolescents

Scale of concussions

By: Leroy Casillas

  • A micro concussion can occur any time your body experiences a contact force that causes the head or neck area to jerk.
  • Micro concussions aren't noticeable like big hits to the head where people could assume a possible concussion has occurred.
  • A single micro concussion is not likely to have the same effects as a concussion, but multiple micro concussions over a small window of time can certainly lead to a full blown concussion.

Our developing brain and skull

  • According to recent findings, the human brain does not reach full maturity until around the age of 25.
  • The human skull is the part of the skeleton that supports the structures of the face and forms a cavity for the brain.
  • The human skull is composed of the neurocranium and viscerocranium.
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