Claim Statement For Concussions

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I think that there should be a law that requires children of any sports to have to take a concussion test. There are plenty of studies that show that if we made this a law or even had it required at schools, then there would be a lot more understandings of what is actually happening to our brains and a lot more ways to prevent it.
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One article, “Concussion program for high school athletes works.”, States that “Baseline testing is a combination of memory, response time, attention and other mental assessments. It is done in major professional sports because it is considered an objective and individualize tool to help decide whether to remove an athlete from

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