No Sex Difference in Concussion Recovery Among College Athletes

More symptoms in women don’t delay concussion recovery, study finds Ohio State University A new large, national study of collegiate student-athletes in the United States dispels a long-held belief about concussions, finding that women and men recover from sport-related head injuries within the same time frame. Women and men’s recovery patterns were similar on tests of cognitive function, symptoms and mental health, and in balance and reaction time. Though women as a group entered th