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Plenary 5: Post Traumatic Headache

Plenary 5: Post Traumatic Headache

Session: Plenary 5: Post Traumatic Headache

Should My Child Play Contact Sports?

Sunday, December 7, 2025
9:25 AM - 9:50 AM MST
Location: Trailblazers Ballroom

    Faculty(s)

  • Carlyn Patterson Gentile, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

The benefits and risks of contact sports will be evaluated in the pediatric population. Particular focus will be placed on concussion and post-traumatic headache in contact sports and how to discuss the question "should my child play contact sports?" with families in different clinical scenarios.

Learning Objectives:

  • Upon completion, participants will be able to define benefits of participation of contact sports in childhood.
  • Upon completion, participants will be able to identify potential risks of contact sports with a specific focus on traumatic brain injury.
  • Upon completion, participants will be able to apply risks and benefits of contact sport in youth to have individualized discussions with patients and their families.