Kinesiology 2236A/B Lecture 7: Lecture 7 - Sport Related Concussions

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2236A/B
• Professor: Dave Humphreys

Document Summary

What symptoms will you see: you really don"t know not always the same, need to look at a bunch of things and then asses based on the player or any symptoms they are presenting with. Common symptoms (high school/university athletes within 3 days of injury: headache (71%, feeling slowed down (58%, difficulty concentrating (57%, dizziness (55%, fatigue (53%, double vision/blurring (49%, light sensitivity (47%) If symptoms or signs in any one or more of the clinical domains are present, a. Src should be suspected and the appropriate management strategy instituted: could be any combination of these symptoms. 60% of concussions are from head impacts : therefore 40% are not from head impacts. Women: force does not factor in on symptom severity. Concussion impact: 21 y/o defensive end (div 1, 537 hit to head in season, 417 >10g or more, 2 resulted in concussion.