Incidence of head injury: lasting effects among college students and working adults in the general population.
224 (21%) of 1067 persons in a nonclinical population surveyed had one or more head injuries resulting in unconsciousness. They had a total of 306 head injuries with 113 (31%) of them resulting in lasting neurological effects. Both in a pilot project and in the main study, headache was the most commonly reported of an array of symptoms that are essentially a postconcussion syndrome.
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Psychology Program, California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*