An estimated 300,000 sports- and recreation-related brain injuries occur in the U.S. each year. Most of these are concussions. Source: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Links and Resources
Game Plan A Sports Injury Publication of the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey, Inc. Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 Volume 6 Volume 7 Volume 8
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control www.cdc.gov/injury
Brain Injury Association of New Jersey www.bianj.org
Concussion Power Point Presentation
Concussion Fact Sheet
Repetetive head trauma might be the cause of brain disease in NFL players (from philly.com)