Girls take longer to heal from concussions
Females and younger athletes take longer to recover from concussions, new research shows.
“We need to raise awareness that yes, female athletes do get concussions. Too often, when we speak with parents and coaches, they overlook the fact that in comparable sports, females are concussed more than males,” says study leader Tracey Covassin of the kinesiology department at Michigan State University.
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really? that is a good fact! girls are really wild in their skills.