
New Data on Sports- and Recreation-Related Traumatic Brain Injury

- Contact sports contributed to nearly half (45%) of the SRR-TBI visits examined.
- Males and children aged 10-14 and 15-17 years were most likely to sustain a SRR-TBI.
- Activities with the highest number of SRR-TBI visits included: football, bicycling, basketball, playground activities, and soccer.
What can be done?
Prevention efforts to reduce the risk for SRR-TBI among children are critical. Promising practices include:
- Limiting player-to-player collisions through rule changes.
- Teaching strategies to reduce opportunities for head impacts.
- Using pre-participation athletic examinations to identify athletes at increased risk for TBI.
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