• The Gender Gap in Concussion Care🔍
• The Concussion Gender Gap🔍
• Gender gap in concussion research leaves female athletes struggling🔍
• How Does Concussion Differ in Women Versus Men?🔍
• The concussion gender gap in youth sports🔍
• Concussion in the News🔍
• Sex|Related Differences in the Effects of Sports|Related Concussion🔍
• Gender differences in clinical presentation and recovery of sports ...🔍

The Gender Gap in Concussion Care - HEADCHECK Health

Athletic Trainer Evaluation: Male athletes received more on-field evaluations by athletic trainers (40%) compared to female athletes (32%). This ...

The Concussion Gender Gap: Why Girls Suffer More Head Injuries

Who is more likely to suffer a concussion playing high school sports, a female soccer player or a male football player?

Gender gap in concussion research leaves female athletes struggling

80% of sports concussion research has focused on men, possibly leaving women without the care they need.

How Does Concussion Differ in Women Versus Men? - RSNA

“In general, compared to men, women's heads are smaller and their neck muscles are not as strong, but the same size and weight ball is used in ...

The concussion gender gap in youth sports

A recent article published by Forbes discusses a study that explored differences in concussion risk for high school athletes based on the ...

Concussion in the News: Alzheimer's, New Treatments, Gender Gap

The Concussion Gender Gap: Why Girls Suffer More Head Injuries ... A new study found that concussion rates were higher in girls than boys in every high school ...

Sex-Related Differences in the Effects of Sports-Related Concussion

Females had significantly higher odds of experiencing light sensitivity and drowsiness compared to males. Sex was not a significant predictor of ...

Gender differences in clinical presentation and recovery of sports ...

Conclusions Female athletes present with higher post- concussion symptom scores and clinical features than their male counterparts. Mature females who later for ...

How Concussions Affect Males and Females Differently

A study of 2,000 people who suffered a traumatic brain injury determined that women were more likely than men to have symptoms, such as headaches, dizziness, ...

The Female Athlete: The Role of Gender in the Assessment and ...

Concussion Gender differences Females Symptoms. Clin Sports Med 30 (2011) 125 ... 5,6 Therefore, health care professionals, coaches, athletes, and ...

Concussions May Hit Female Brains Harder, Research Suggests

They tend to have weaker neck muscles. So a head impact might shake the brain more violently. And hormonal differences might affect the brain's ...

Gender Differences in Concussion Symptoms, Severity, and Recovery

Multiple research studies found evidence that females experience more severe post-concussion symptoms and a higher number of symptoms compared to males. Females ...

The Saturday Six: Concussion research exposes gender gap, DNA ...

A study in the journal Research in Sports Medicine published in 2021 found that the number of young female athletes treated for concussions has ...

Sex & gender considerations in concussion research - PMC

These differences were proposed to be driven, for instance, by disparities in the neck musculature and head/neck stability in girls/women making them more ...

No Overall Difference in Concussion Recovery Time Seen for Male ...

The findings suggest that equity in access to sports medical care among college athletes may be contributing to these similar outcomes. The ...

Some problems of research exploring sex differences in sport ...

This narrative review scrutinizes research exploring sex-based differences in experiences of sport-related concussion. The article argues that the ...

Examining for gender differences in return to learn following sport ...

Factors associated with time to RTL include demographics, initial symptom severity, personal and family medical history, learning environment, school level, and ...

Understanding the Gender Divide: Male vs. Female Concussions ...

Concussions are a concerning and prevalent issue in sports and various other activities that involve potential head injuries. While both males and females ...

Gender gap in concussion research | By CBS Mornings | Facebook

The vast majority of research about the effects of concussions on athletes is based on men — sometimes leaving women without the care they need.

The Concussion Gender Gap: Why Girls Suffer More Head Injuries

Boys playing football suffered the most concussions, at 10.2 concussions per every 10,000 practices and games. Girls' soccer was a close second at a rate of 8.4 ...