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Can you get a concussion from braking hard while traveling 50mph without hitting your head on anything?
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Concussion : Des acceleration concussion has the described mechanism. Usually happens to the babies or small children. ( shaken baby syndrome partially explained by this mechanism). Everything depends of many factors in this case vascular native fragility of the person... A neurologist should be able to diagnose it
Answered 7/2/2017
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Yes, you could.: The violent forward movement of the brain in the skull could cause a concussion.
Answered 5/14/2017
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