Racial Differences in Recovery Following Sports-Related Concussion Identified in Young Black and White Athletes

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers have determined that race (Black or White) influences outcomes and subjective experiences in young athletes who have sustained a sports-related concussions. The study was performed with the aid of the Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Registry. The researchers focused on 36 Black and 211 White young athletes (12 to 23 years of age) who sustained a sports-related concussion and were treated between 2012 and 2015. Data were collected via a review of m