Global Concussion Dilemma
A widespread, under-addressed challenge — and a critical need for objective recovery monitoring.
The global concussion epidemic represents one of the most significant unaddressed healthcare challenges of the modern era, with approximately 70 million concussions occurring annually worldwide across sports, workplace, and home environments. This massive patient population faces a critical gap in objective assessment and monitoring tools, relying primarily on subjective symptom reporting and basic cognitive tests that fail to capture the complex neurological impacts of traumatic brain injury.
When to return to activity is one of the most important considerations in the recovery process.
Current concussion management approaches suffer from insufficient data for evidence-based recovery decisions. Healthcare practitioners express frustration with existing tools that cannot adequately track recovery progress or determine safe return-to-activity timelines, creating liability concerns and suboptimal patient outcomes.
The timing for comprehensive concussion management solutions has never been more favorable, driven by converging factors including increased concussion awareness, evolving safety regulations, advancing AI capabilities, and growing demand for objective healthcare assessment tools. Professional sports organizations, educational institutions, and workplace safety programs are actively seeking solutions that provide objective, defensible data for concussion-related decisions.
Estimated concussions worldwide each year.
Without objective tools, return-to-activity decisions can be inconsistent and risky — for patients and providers.
Healthcare Economic Impact
The economic burden of concussion extends far beyond direct medical costs, encompassing productivity losses, long-term care needs, and societal impacts that create compelling value propositions for effective solutions.
Lost productivity and delayed return-to-work increase indirect costs.
Persistent symptoms and re-injury risk can drive prolonged care needs.
Health systems and insurers seek objective tools to support safe, timely return-to-activity decisions.
Concussion Rates — Sports, Workplace, and Home
Highlights from sports concussion data (CDC and related sources):
- •5–10% of athletes will experience a concussion in any given sports season.
- •About 7 out of 10 ED visits for sports- and recreation-related concussions are among children ages 17 and under.
- •Boys have ~2× the rate of ED visits for sports-related TBIs vs. girls; however, in same-rules sports (like soccer/basketball), girls’ risk is higher.
- •~3.8 million concussions occur in the U.S. annually from sport and recreation, with up to 50% underreported.
Personalisation capabilities remain limited across many current solutions, with one-size-fits-all protocols that fail to account for sex, age, activity, and baseline performance. This is where objective, individualised monitoring can transform decision-making.
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