Kinesiology 2236A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Photosensitivity, Material Design, Retrograde Amnesia

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2236A/B
• Professor: Dave Humphreys

Document Summary

A complex, pathophysiological process affecting the brain, induced by traumatic. Linear: injury at the impact site, brain strikes skull on the opposite side. Rotational: brain strikes skull on other side, brain rotates stretches or structures/ vessels as it shears itself. Somatic symptoms: visual problems, dizziness, headaches, light sensitivity, nausea g or double. Sleep disturbance: difficulty falling asleep, sleeping less than usual, attention problems, memory dysfunction, fogginess, fatigue, cognitive slowing. Cognitive symptoms: more emotional, sadness, irritability, nervousness number of things. Note: there is a grey area because these symptoms could all be caused by a. Common concussion symptoms in high school athletes within 3 days of. Injury: headache, feeling slowed down, difficulty concentrating, dizziness, fogginess, fatigue, visual blurring our double vision, light sensitivity, memory dysfunction, balance problems. Causes of concussions: a direct blow to the head, face or neck, elsewhere in the body with an impulsive force transmitted to the head.