High school athletes who kept playing in the minutes after a concussiontook nearly twice as long to recover as those who left the game immediately after the head trauma, a new study shows.
The finding, published in the journal Pediatrics, is believed to be the first to focus on one of the most difficult social challenges of treating concussions: a pervasive sports culture that encourages young athletes to keep playing through pain. Medical guidelines call for benching the athlete immediately after the head injury to prevent long-term complications and the potentially devastating consequences of a second hit.
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