Line One: Brain Concussion

Mon, October 29, 2007
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This week on Line One: Your Health Connection, neuropsychologists Dr. Russell Cherry and Dr. Heather Gray join Dr. Woodard for a discussion on brain concussion. Members of Providence Hospital’s new Concussion Management Program, Cherry and Gray shed light on neuropsychological testing and specifically ImPACT testing as an approach to concussion management.

HOST: Dr. Thad Woodard

GUESTS:

Dr. Russel Cherry, neuropsychologist, Providence Behavioral Medicine Group
Dr. Heather Gray, neuropsychologist, Providence Behavioral Medicine Group

LIVE BROADCAST: Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 2:00 p.m.

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5 Responses to “Line One: Brain Concussion”

Posie Boggs on October 29, 2007 at 1:50 pm

Hi Dr. Woodard and Dr. Gray. Thank you for presenting your topic today about concussions. It has brought many questions to my mind.
1. Are MRI or functional MRIs used to diagnose concussions and follow the recover path of kids with concussions?
2. If a child has a concussion in the language areas of the brain such as the Occipio-temporal (fluently recognizing words) or Broca’s area (Phonemic awareness- manipulation of sounds in a syllable)do they appear on a functional MRI like a child who struggles with dyslexia?
3. If so have studies using pre and post functional MRI’s show the same types of change in the language areas of children with concussions that the child who struggles with dyslexia does?
4. Dr. Gray is the language structures of the brain an area of interest for you and would you be interested in educating parents of children who are affected by neurological conditions that affect those ares of the brain? I know parents are interested. ( I would be willing to set up lectures or workshops on a volunteer basis)

Reference: Dr. Sally Shaywitz USA Today
Participants’ brains were scanned before, immediately following and one year after the intervention. Those who got intervention showed improvement in reading fluency, accuracy and comprehension — and their brain patterns changed to resemble those of good readers.
Posie Boggs on October 29, 2007 at 1:58 pm

Oops. I do address my questions to both Dr. Gray or/and Dr. Cherry.
Posie Boggs on October 29, 2007 at 2:08 pm

Antoher question. How much empirical evidence is there that bi-polar disorder,which emerges in teens, is a result of a concussion during toddlerhood.
Posie Boggs on October 29, 2007 at 2:37 pm

What is the cost of the one individual athlete’s baseline information and the cost throughout the child’s progress with a concussion?

What percentage of school age children get a concussion?

Thanks
T Woodard,MD on October 30, 2007 at 12:31 pm

Ms Boggs– great and important clinical questions and we did not have the time and /or expertise to address most of them but it does bring up a great idea for another program.

Thad