HEALTH News:A new study that was presented Feb. 10 to the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists, suggests brain injury long-term effects in children may still be present as long as seven years after the injury is sustained.
Furthermore, researchers found that children who sustain brain injuries are at increased risk to develop other functioning issues. The research highlights the importance of protecting children from brain injuries, especially children involved in high-risk sports or activities linked to traumatic brain injury.
“More than 630,000 children and teenagers in the United States are treated in emergency rooms for [traumatic brain injury] each year,” researchers from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center note.
