Tag: Head Injuries
Older Men Have Higher Rates of Skull Fractures Than Women
Findings seen for emergency department visits for blunt head trauma, mostly due to falls
Head Impacts Up With Intensity Level in High School Football Drills
Cumulative head-impact frequency and magnitude per player higher for live drills among adolescent football players
Cognition, Brain May Recover After Professional Fighters Stop Fighting
After repeated head injuries cease, cognitive function and brain thickness measures stabilize and blood neurofilament light levels decline
No Link Found Between Youth Tackle Football, Neurocognitive Issues
However, premorbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, mental health conditions tied to worse cognitive or behavioral scores
Symptoms of Concussion, Brain Injury for 6.8 Percent of ≤17s in 2020
3.9 percent of children aged ≤17 had ever had a diagnosis of concussion or brain injury; likelihood up for boys, non-Hispanic Whites
MRI Markers May Signal Brain Changes from Repeated Head Impacts
Antemortem white matter hyperintensities linked to white matter pathologies seen at autopsy among athletes exposed to repetitive head injury
AAN: Head Impact Rates Higher for Soccer Training Activities
Team interaction activities, game play linked to highest rotational kinematics, but lowest impact rates
Estimated 596,972 ED Visits for Bicycle-Related TBIs Reported in 2009 to 2018
Highest rates seen for adult men and for children and adolescents aged 10 to 14 years
Decrease Seen in Abusive Head Trauma for Young Children During Pandemic
Mean monthly admissions for AHT in children younger than 5 were lower in 2020 than in 2019, 2018, and 2017
Head Injury Linked to Long-Term Risk for Dementia
Head injury linked to dementia risk in dose-dependent manner, with stronger associations for women, Whites
