Up to 2 million children suffer from sports- and recreation-related concussions each year, according to a new study led by researchers at UW Medicine, Harborview Medical Center and Seattle Children's Hospital.
The study, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, provides the most accurate estimate to date of the number of concussions annually among U.S. children 18 years old and under.
The local researchers, along with colleagues in Colorado, said that between 1.1 million and 1.9 million children…
Up to 2 million children suffer from sports- and recreation-related concussions each year, according to a new study led by researchers at UW Medicine, Harborview Medical Center and Seattle Children's Hospital.
The study, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, provides the most accurate estimate to date of the number of concussions annually among U.S. children 18 years old and under.
The local researchers, along with colleagues in Colorado, said that between 1.1 million and 1.9 million children…