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<\/a>I recently saw a study that is near and dear to my heart on two subjects — baseball and concussions.<\/p>\nOne of the biggest frustrations of people with head injuries is that even though they look normal to their friends and family members, something is off.\u00a0 Now, a new study involving professional baseball players provides a strong example of how people are impaired even though they look (and even feel) normal.<\/p>\n
The study, reported in the American Journal of Sports Medicine and summarized in the New York Times<\/a>, followed Major League Baseball position players (non-pitchers) who returned to action following concussions.\u00a0 What the researchers found was stunning.\u00a0 These batters, even though they themselves felt they were no longer impaired, performed significantly worse in the weeks following their return to play.<\/p>\n The study looked at 66 players over several years who had concussions.\u00a0 In the two weeks before their concussions, they players had an average (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I recently saw a study that is near and dear to my heart on two subjects — baseball and concussions. One of the biggest frustrations of people with head injuries is that even though they look normal to their friends…<\/span><\/p>\n