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AAP Grand Rounds 11:52-53 (2004) High School Football Players Underrate and Underreport ConcussionsSource: McCrea M, Hammeke T, Olsen G, et al. Unreported concussion in high school football players: implications for prevention. Clin J Sport Med. 2004;14:1317.[Medline]
This study from Waukesha Memorial Hospital in Waukesha, Wis, the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill sought to assess the frequency of unreported concussion among high school football players and their reasons for not reporting concussive events. Confidential questionnaires were administered to 1,532 varsity football players from 20 high schools in the Milwaukee area before and after the football season. Players were asked to report the number of concussions sustained before and during the football season based on the following definition: "A concussion is a blow to the head followed by a variety of symptoms that may include any of the following: headache, dizziness, loss of balance, blurred vision, seeing stars, feeling in a fog or slowed down, memory problems, poor concentration, nausea, or throwing up. Getting knocked out or being unconscious does NOT always occur with a concussion." Players
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