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Concussion Trends Among Youth Athletes with ADHD taking Stimulants

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In this video, Muhammad Ali, a third-year medical student at the Chowdhury Lab at Icon Sewell Medicine in Mount Sinai, discusses concussion trends among youth athletes with ADHD taking stimulants. He states that approximately 1 million cases of youth concussions occur annually in the United States. While 30% of adolescents with ADHD use stimulants, the effects of stimulants on concussion risk and recovery are unclear. To address this, a study was conducted on a large cohort of adolescent athletes with differential stimulant use and neurocognitive testing before and after a concussion. The study found that stimulant use was associated with a reduced incidence of concussion and improved neurocognitive recovery among ADHD youth athletes. The video concludes with references and credits Muhammad Ali for the presentation.

Keywords

Muhammad Ali

concussion trends

youth athletes

ADHD

stimulants