Study raises concerns that teen athletes continue to play with concussion symptoms
Despite knowing the risk of serious injury from playing football with a concussion, half of high school football players would continue to play if they had a headache stemming from an injury sustained on the field.
In a new study, physicians from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center also report that approximately half of athletes wouldn't report concussion symptoms to a coach.
The study will be presented May 6 at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies in Washington, DC.
"We aren't yet at the point where we can make specific policy recommendations ...
