A recent study in Brain Injury explored the importance of social support during youth concussion recovery, specifically in reference to high school women.

Since Kelley O’Hara of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team sustained a head injury during the World Cup and immediately reentered the game, the concussion protocols for soccer have been called into question once again. The concussion rate in women’s soccer equals or exceeds the rate in men's football according to a number of high school and college studies.