The controversy surrounding the symptoms that follow a seemingly mild traumatic brain injury is a long-standing issue. However the research in this area is high quality and well established.
From the 1960s onwards the relationship between what was considered mild traumatic brain injury and the potential for long term symptoms was recognised, but simply not well known. Education of the core messages remains an important element and the latest research in this arena adds more detail to those messages.
In this article Dr Steven Allder, Consultant Neurologist with Re:Cognition Health looks at bringing our understanding of the shaken (neurological) element of the consequences of the injured brain up to date. The stirred (psychological) element is equally interesting, but beyond the scope of this article.
