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Some Frightening Statistics on Football Related Concussions

By Michael Kaplen

In a press release the American Association of Neurological Surgeons state that the annual incidence of football-related concussion in the United States is estimated at 300,000 and nearly 45,000 football-related head injuries were serious enough to be treated at U.S. hospital emergency rooms in 2009. You can read the full release by clicking here.

300,000 thousand is an awful lot of concussions and is further evidence that this is an epidemic that requires our full attention.  Mandatory pre seaon testing and retesting of players once a concussion or suspected concussion takes place  is necessary to prevent premature return to play decisions.

There is nothing mild about a mild traumatic brain injury. 

Full post as published by Brain Injury News and Information on August 25, 2010 (boomark / email).