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Tracy Yatsko Joins BrainChampions In Girls Concussion Effort

May 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Tracy Yatsko is someone you would never guess suffers debilitating effects of her youth sports Traumatic Brain Injury.

We are so pleased that we added a new member to our growing family of founders who have been personally hurt and forever changed as a result of concussion and traumatic brain injury they suffered while pursuing their sport.   Tracy will be working with our Director Dirk Knudsen to develop a hard hitting educational program for Girls in Youth Sports;  a press release is coming soon.  For now it is enough to know that this is the First project of its kind and will be a terrific and much needed effort.   Here  is Tracy in one of the best 2 Minute films on Concussion that you will ever see.  Listen to her story here. … [Read more...]

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Increases in High School & Youth Concussion Documented in Study

May 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
G- Forces Exerted By A Football Player Are Far Beyond What is Needed to Cause a Concussion

Concussions among high school athletes in boys and girls sports have increased over the past decade, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine. Data from a study which looked at a sample of 25 High Schools and 12 boys and girls sports from 1997-1998 and 2007-2008 show the concussion rate increasing 4.2-fold over the 11-year period with a 15.5 percent annual increase. Out of the 25 High schools and the sports sampled there were 2,651 concussions observed.  The boys' sports represented 53 percent of the athlete-exposures and 75 percent of all concussions. Football players were among more than half of all concussions, and girls' soccer reported the most concussions among girls' sports. Among boys' and girls' basketball, soccer and baseball/softball, girls were nearly twice as likely to have a concussion as boys. The concussion rate also increased over time among all sports recorded. This confirms something that has recently been discussed. … [Read more...]

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New Study Finds Girls Have Unique Symptoms and Risk

April 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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It is about time.... For too long girls have been sort of thrown in with boys in terms of Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussion research and study.  But we know girls are different in so many ways. So as BrainChampions.org has done in the past we are trying to lead on this issue and collaborate those who have been doing this work.  This week a great story came out on the University of Minnesota's Tucker Center for Girls and Womens Sports and the work they have done with Doctor Jill Brooks to find out what is different about this trauma and young ladies. We can not applaud them more for the direction they are heading on this and we look forward to their findings and on collaboration on this matter.  Way to go you guys. Here is a portion of that story with a link and an embed of the News story that broke that night as well. Concussion Symptoms in Women Could Be Different Updated: Friday, 15 Apr 2011, 9:04 AM CDT Published : Thursday, 14 Apr 2011, 9:19 PM CDT LEAH … [Read more...]

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