MORGANTOWN — Survivors of domestic violence who suffer repeated head injuries now have access to specialized, top-tier concussion treatment through a first-of-its-kind program at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute.

“One of the biggest misconceptions about concussion is that it’s most common in athletes. That simply isn’t true,” RNI Concussion and Brain Injury Center Director Dr. Javier Cárdenas said. “Falls are the most common cause, and for domestic violence survivors, the number of concussions is often described as ‘too many to count.’ kAm“%96D6 A2E:6?ED 56D6CG6 E96 D2>6 =6G6= @7 EC62E>6?E 2?5 DFAA@CE 2D AC@76DD:@?2= 2E9=6E6D[ 2?5 E92E’D 6I24E=J H92E H6 AC@G:56]”k^Am kAm%96 s@>6DE:4 ':@=6?46 x?;FCJ !C@8C2> AC@G:56D 4@>AC696?D:G6 6G2=F2E:@? 2?5 EC62E>6?E 7@C DJ>AE@>D =:<6 9625

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