“According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 1.6 to 3.8 million sports-and recreation-related concussions occur in the United States each year, including those for which no medical care is sought” writes Ronald Savage, Ed.D. in this month’s issue of Brain Injury Professional, the official publication of the North America Brain Injury Society.
The topic of this issue is “Special Issue on Sports-Related Concussion.” Michael W. Collins, Ph.D. one of the nation’s leading sports concussion experts serves as guest editor for this excellent issue. In putting together this issue, Dr. Collins “chose a multidisciplinary group of esteemed professionals who lend an expertise to the many facets of sports concussion.”
The issue includes articles by Dr. Collins, Gerard A. Gioia, Ph.D., Mark R. Lovell, Ph.D. and his colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and numerous other leading experts. For those concerned about our children being injured in sports-related activities, this is an excellent issue.