{"id":959,"date":"2017-09-27T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidchangspine.com\/?p=959"},"modified":"2023-09-19T15:09:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T15:09:29","slug":"1-in-5-teens-has-suffered-a-concussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidchangspine.com\/1-in-5-teens-has-suffered-a-concussion\/","title":{"rendered":"1 in 5 Teens Has Suffered A Concussion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Concussions and traumatic brain injuries<\/a> have come under the national spotlight in recent years, and for good reason. We\u2019re learning more about how concussions and head trauma affect our brain not just in the short term, but for the rest of our lives. More importantly, we\u2019re learning how concussions during our youth can change the way our brain develops, which can impact our cognition and thought processes. This is especially important considering the new findings on concussions in youth sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a recent study out of the University of Michigan, one in five teenagers say they have suffered at least one concussion in their lifetime. The findings suggest that 19.5 percent of surveyed teens reported being diagnosed with at least one concussion, while 5.5 percent say they\u2019ve been diagnosed with more than one concussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teen Concussions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The data echoes similar findings to previous research out of Canada, which suggested that 20 percent of Canadian teens had suffered at least one concussion in their lifetime. To collect the most recent data, researchers added a question to the 2016 Monitoring The Future Survey, which is a large in-school survey given to students in grades 8, 10 and 12. Students were asked if they had ever suffered a concussion during athletic activity, and they were allowed to answer \u201cNo,\u201d \u201cYes, once\u201d or \u201cYes, more than once.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, more than 13,000 students participated in the survey. Researchers found that certain characteristics made a person more likely to have suffered certain types of injuries. For example, a teen was more likely to have suffered more than one diagnosed concussion if they were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n