Stricts in the brain causes long -term consequences

For example, blood flow is influenced in certain brain areas. Canadian neurologists discovered this in a scientific study by young athletes.

“Surfing on a brain can have long -term effects on the health of the organ. There are more and more indications that the brains can be recovered for months to years, even after symptoms such as headache, fatigue and balance have disappeared,” said first author Nathan Churchill.

Athlete accompanied a year
The research team observed athletes before and after a concussion for a year. Various studies were carried out using a magnetic resonance study. They presented the function and possible changes in the structure of the tissue. The athletes investigated were around 20 years old.

• The data of 25 patients with diagnosed brain improvement were compared with 27 people from a control group. The MR exams took place one to seven days after the sport, when the sporting activity was resumed and in the period from one to three months thereafter and finally a year after the injury.

• Basketball, football, rugby, volleyball and hockey were the most common sports in which an accident had taken place. The consequences were long.

• The scientists initially discovered that the MR studies of athletes with concussion still showed signs of structural and neurophysiological changes, even if they were allowed to train again.

• The consequences of the accident were still detectable after a year. Changes were also registered with regard to the performance of the white substance in the brain. After a year, however, no significant differences were observed at the time of before the incident.

The findings from this work indicated that the (neuro) physiological recovery after a concussion takes longer than reconcilable symptoms, according to the researchers.