A recent study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine indicates that recovery from a concussion might be far longer than previously estimated – by up to 400%! In the study conducted by Anthony Kontos, PhD, researchers noted that athletes took three to four weeks to recover – based on testing and self-reporting for four weeks past the diagnosis of concussion.
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