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COMMENTS: Thin Necks
Both CBS and NBC covered a study in the Journal of Athletic Training about on-the-field sports problems for girls. On both the soccer field and the basketball court, girls are more likely than boys to get concussions when they injure their heads--although, as CBS' Sandra Hughes pointed out, boys' football still dominates as the source of sports injuries to the brain. NBC's in-house physician Nancy Snyderman suggested an anatomical reason for the gender gap: "Girls' heads are smaller and their neck muscles are not as strong." Study author Dr Robert Cantu, of Brigham & Women's Hospital, suggested to CBS' Hughes that "women my just be a bit more honest," admitting to headaches instead of playing through pain.
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