Source: indianexpress.com | Repost Duerson Fund 5/15/2023 –
Previous research found that clinicians estimated one in ten people might experience long-term symptoms after a concussion.
Around 56 million people globally suffer a concussion each year. It’s common for concussion to cause short-term symptoms such as a headache, nausea, sensitivity to light and problems concentrating.
But many people also struggle with long-term symptoms – including fatigue, trouble sleeping and concentrating, and emotional distress. Previous research found that clinicians estimated one in ten people might experience long-term symptoms after a concussion.
But our recent study estimates that post-concussive symptoms are far more common. Our study, published in Brain, found that almost half of people who suffered a concussion had not fully recovered six months after their injury.
To conduct our study, we analysed brain scans from over 100 patients who had recently experienced concussion from all across Europe. These brain scans were conducted using a technique called resting-state functional MRI (fMRI).