Risk factors

Activities and factors that may increase your risk of a concussion include:

• Falling, especially in young children and older adults
• Participating in a high-risk sport, such as football, hockey, soccer, rugby, boxing or other contact sport
• Participating in high-risk sports without proper safety equipment and supervision
• Being involved in a motor vehicle collision
• Being involved in a pedestrian or bicycle accident
• Being a soldier involved in combat
• Being a victim of physical abuse
• Having had a previous concussion