Wearable clip tells parents, coach about head impact

Friday, September 5, 2014 - 13:30 in Health & Medicine

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a concussion is a type of injury caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head that can change the way your brain normally works. Concussions may occur from a blow that causes the head and brain to move quickly back and forth. Sport-related concussion has been a frequent topic in the media as professionals have expressed concern over incidents that may go underreported. While football has a high incidence, girls have higher concussion rates than boys do in similar sports. Concussions happen in collision sports, such as football, rugby, or ice hockey but also in contact sports such as soccer, basketball, wrestling, and lacrosse. On Friday, for example, in just one U.S. state, the Star Tribune reported that Minnesota's high school athletes suffered about 3,000 sports-related concussions in the past school year, with nearly half of them...

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