Health and Fitness

Most Youth With Sports and Recreation Related Concussions Not Seen in Health Care Settings

Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2016.  A study in the July 2016 Pediatrics estimates that 1.1 million to 1.9 million U.S. children and adolescents under age 18 experience sports and recreation-related concussions each year, the majority of which aren’t seen in health care settings. For the study, “Sports- and Recreation-Related Concussions in United States Youth” (published online June 20), researchers used three national databases to determine the number of sports and recreation-related concussions…

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