Female and high school athletes may need more time to recover
from a concussion than their male or college counterparts, a new
study finds. Researchers found that of 222 young athletes who
suffered a concussion, female athletes tended to have more
symptoms than males. They also scored lower on tests of "visual
memory" – the ability to recall information about something
you've seen. Meanwhile, high school athletes fared worse on
memory tests than college players, and typically took longer to
improve. For parents, coaches and athletes, the key message is
to have patience with concussion recovery, according to lead
researcher Tracey Covassin, an assistant professor at Michigan
State University in East Lansing. "It's going to take time for
your child to fully recover, so don't rush them back into the
sport," Covassin said. Extra time for female athletes And some
extra time, she said, may be in order for female athletes and
high scholars. The findings, which appear in the American
Journal of Sports Medicine, are b