Concussions won't lower Kids' IQ: Study

Concussions won’t lower Kids’ IQ: Study

18th July, 2023

21 July 2023, News, Newsletter, TBI

[Source: Medical X-Press]

If your child has ever taken a knock to the head on the playing field, a new study has some reassuring news: There’s no evidence that a concussion shaves points from a kid’s IQ.

Researchers found that compared with children and teens who’d suffered broken bones or sprained ankles, those with a recent concussion did just as well on IQ tests up to three months after the head injury.

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