Why Concussion Recovery Takes Longer for Some Kids
(HealthDay News) - Some children recover more slowly from concussion and other types of traumatic brain injury because they have extensive damage to the protective coating around brain nerve fibers, a new study says.
Researchers looked at 32 patients, aged 8 to 19, who had suffered a moderate to severe brain injury in the previous five months. The kids underwent tests to assess how fast they could process and recall information.
"Our research suggests that imaging the brain's wiring to evaluate both its structure and function could help predict a patient's prognosis after a traumatic brain injury," first author Emily Dennis, a postdoctoral researcher at Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, said in the news release.
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