Head trauma symptoms may linger longer for patients with certain risk factors

A multi-institutional investigation found several early presentation characteristics that were associated with symptoms after ...
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Menopause symptoms may complicate traumatic brain injury treatment

Major symptom overlap occurs between traumatic brain injury, or TBI, and menopause, but standard TBI assessments do not ...

Understanding how menopause symptoms can complicate treatment of traumatic brain injuries

Despite growing recognition of sex differences in traumatic brain injury (TBI) outcomes, the interaction between hormone ...
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Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the Female, woman and girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus

Objective To examine prevention strategies and potential modifiable risk factors (MRFs) for sport-related concussion (SRC) and head impact/head acceleration event (HAE) outcomes in female, woman ...
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Q&A: Diffusion MRI just the beginning in assessing head injuries in soccer

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Repeated head impacts were linked to disrupted microstructures and cognitive performance. Biomarkers that ...
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Head injury assessment set at 10 minutes, say rugby chiefs

Their research had indicated the average assessment as to whether the player is concussed had taken marginally over seven minutes. Germany's Sam Rainger (back, bottom C) is bandaged after sustaining a ...
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Impacting the rugby tackle: risk factors and mechanisms for concussion and musculoskeletal tackle-related injury — a systematic review and Delphi consensus to inform ...

To (1) systematically review the literature to identify which match-related risk factors and mechanisms of rugby tackle events result in musculoskeletal injury, concussion, head injury assessments, ...