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The Effect Of Gender And Socioeconomic Status On Concussion Reporting Behavior Among Ncaa Student-Athletes, Joshua Anthony Hansen
The Effect Of Gender And Socioeconomic Status On Concussion Reporting Behavior Among Ncaa Student-Athletes, Joshua Anthony Hansen
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Concussions are traumatic brain injuries that result from "brain shaking" that can occur during any situation that transmits force to the head. Concussions are defined as a clinical syndrome characterized by immediate and transient post-traumatic impairment of neural functions which lead to a complex grouping of both psychological and physiological symptoms (McCrory, et al., 2013). As knowledge of the long-term implications of these injuries grows, concussions are becoming more of a major health concern worldwide. One subset of concussion classifications, sports-related concussions, is receiving an increasing amount of attention from both scientists and health-care practitioners. It is estimated that more …