While American Football helmets are increasingly sophisticated, at the end of the day, they are designed to reduce the incidence of skull fracture.  They are not made to reduce traumatic brain injury or cumulative concussions.  During the Sports Concussion presentation at the Brain Injury Services 2012 Bi-Annual Conference, Dr. Jeffrey Barth noted that helmets cannot

Children with “Attention Deficit Disorder,” Learning Disabilities (“LD”) and “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder” appear to recover more slowly from concussions.  This delay in recovery after mild traumatic brain injury was one of the topics covered in the Brain Injury Services‘ Brain Injury in Children and Adolescents 2012 conference.  As an invited guest, trial lawyer Doug…

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