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Neuropsychological dysfunction following repeat concussions in jockeys

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T W Teasdale
University of Copenhagen, Njalsgade 88, Copenhagen 2300 S, Denmark; tom.teasdale@psy.ku.dk

Keywords: concussion; cognitive dysfunction

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The cognitive effects of a concussion are known to be briefly severe but overwhelmingly transient. The study by Wall et al¹ (see page 518) represents an ingenious approach to the question of whether there is nonetheless a compounded cognitive effect of multiple concussions. This is an important issue because of the relatively frequent incidence of concussions generally, and the suggestion that having had a concussion itself constitutes a risk factor for further concussions, particularly where such concussions are incurred in the pursuit of a riskful sporting activity. The authors are appropriately cautious in their interpretation of results in what, necessarily, is only an observational study from which direct causal inferences cannot be made. Nonetheless, they do provide further evidence consistent with an interpretation that a second concussion can compound some latent consequences of the first so as to produce manifest cognitive deficit. Furthermore their data would seem . . . [Full text of this article]

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