Article #3 Concussions in Child Athletes

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=unschooled-in-hard-knocks

This article produced just 8 months ago is very interesting in my eyes. It touches on concussions in child athletes. It is estimated that about 144,000 children are diagnosed with a concussion yearly. This number does not even account for all concussions. As many children who suffer a concussion the problem goes unnoticed. Most likely a result of the lack of education that coaches, players and athletes have about symptoms of a concussion. To make things worse the article says there are about 1.5 million kids playing on football teams around the country, therefore increasing the possibilities of being diagnosed with a concussion. Most alarming detail to me that the article touches on is that concussion research in children is far behind the research that has been conducted for collegiate and pro athletes. I would think that concussions in children would be more dangerous as their brains are still being developed and that could impede the development process. Hopefully concussion research in children can catch up in the near future.