Athletes Often Suffer A Concussion

Athletes Often Suffer A Concussion.
Altitude may trouble an athlete's hazard of concussion, according to a new study believed to be the first to examine this association. High school athletes who perform at higher altitudes suffer fewer concussions than those closer to sea level, researchers found in Dec, 2013. One realizable reason is that being at a higher altitude causes changes that metamorphose the brain fit more tightly in the skull, so it can't move around as much when a player suffers a head blow. The investigators analyzed concussion statistics from athletes playing a pass over of sports at 497 US high-class schools with altitudes ranging from 7 feet to more than 6900 feet above lot level.

The average altitude was 600 feet. They also examined football separately, since it has the highest concussion appraise of US high school sports. At altitudes of 600 feet and above, concussion rates in all elated school sports were 31 percent lower, and were 30 percent modulate for football players, according to the findings recently published in the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine.