During Australia's winter sports seasons, hundreds of thousands of children will take to the field in contact sports like ...

A study conducted at Tampere University shows that a blow to the head can significantly impact a child's or adolescent's ...

In sports, beneath the competitive spirit and the cheers of the crowd, there’s an often-invisible risk: traumatic brain ...

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Introduction of the US Soccer Federation (USSF) header ban for athletes aged 10 years and younger in 2015 was associated with a reduction in the number of concussions as a percentage of all ...

In 2015, the USSF banned the use of the head to impact the ball in athletes younger than 10 years old. The header ban also ...

Advertisement Getting seven hours of sleep each night doubled a child's chances of recovering quickly during the first week after a concussion, researchers also found. On the other hand ...

The 2021–22 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report on concussions in Australia over the past decade highlighted: children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable. Boys aged 5–14 ...

In a nutshell Being symptom-free doesn’t mean the brain has fully healed. Even after athletes are medically cleared to return ...

What's more, the optimal amount of sleep for concussion recovery was seven hours a night, researchers said. Results indicate ...