Monday, May 6, 2013

Concussion Clinics Increase With Added Attention And Uncertainty

A New Way To Care For Young Brains by Bill Pennington.  The New York Times.  May 5, 2013.

Specialized youth sports concussion clinics are rapidly increasing in number.

(1)  The are ( no, some, or clear) established formulas for treating concussions.

(2)  ____ states have passed laws requiring that school-age athletes who have sustained a consussion to _____________________________________________.

(3)  According to an expert quoted in the article   _____% of all concussions are resolved in a _______.

(4)  Concussion treatment has become a mix of practices derived from _________________________
____________________________________.

(5)  There are (no, several, many) tests to verify a concussion.

(6)  The best medicine given by concussion doctors may be ______________________________
____________________________

(7)  One of the main differences between a typical youth concussion and Junior Seau is ________
__________________________________.

(8)  According to an expert quoted in the article a concussion may be unique for young people in that ___________________________________________.

(9)  True or False.  Recovery from concussion is easy to predict with charts available to help medical professionals to judge.

(10)  What is one of the most widely accepted tenets of concussion recovery?

(11)  Define "cognitive rest"and the neurocognitive baseline test.  Discuss the pros and cons of these approaches.

(12)  Is a neurocognitive baseline a concussion test?  What is the purpose of that test?

(13)  Discuss family conflict in the diagnosis of concussion?

(14)  How do concussion clinics articulate the hospital business models?

(15)  An expert quoted in the article call this "the worst thing they can do."  What was he referring to

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