Concussion

5. A strategy used to reduce injury risk by following safety rules and avoiding additional head impacts.
8. A sign or experience that can help clinicians recognize an injury; headache, dizziness, and nausea are examples.
9. A symptom in which a person has trouble staying steady or coordinating movement.
12. A short period of reduced physical and cognitive activity recommended during the early stage of concussion management.
14. A broad term for the process of getting better after a concussion; the sources emphasize that its timing varies.
15. The injury described as a mild traumatic brain injury caused by biomechanical forces.
16. A neuronal extension that helps one neuron communicate with another. The source compares it to an arm reaching toward another cell.

1. A type of thinking-related function; concussion can interfere with attention, memory, learning, and processing.
2. A common concussion symptom involving pain or pressure in the head.
3. A common concussion symptom involving a sensation of spinning or feeling unsteady.
4. A computerized or clinical assessment acronym used in the source to help evaluate suspected concussion in athletes aged 13 and older.
5. A condition in which symptoms continue for weeks or months following concussion.
6. A common symptom in which a person feels sick to the stomach after a concussion.
7. The term describing the brain injury category that includes concussion; the source calls concussion a mild form of this injury.
10. A rapid back-and-forth movement of the head and neck that can occur when a blow to the body causes the brain to move inside the skull.
11. A type of brain cell that communicates with other cells through connections such as axons.
13. A brain-imaging method that uses magnetic fields and radio waves; it usually appears normal after an uncomplicated concussion.