ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines the current evidence explaining contributing factors to poor concussion management in racing, reasons why it is dangerous to race with a concussion, and suggestions for improving concussion treatment and education. It focuses on four-wheeled vehicles, this literature review pointed out that “concussion is the most common form of head and neck injury in motocross” as well. Although concussion diagnosis currently relies greatly on patients’ reports of symptoms, a driver may have difficulty knowing he or she has had a concussion, since many of these symptoms overlap with common feelings a driver may experience at the race track. The driver should also go for a ride in a car as a passenger. The goal of this drive is to see how the driver tolerates light G-loads through acceleration, deceleration and turning at no more than 50% of the G-load maximum that the driver experiences in his or her race car.
