DENVER -- A study in Denver is trying to determine whether a history of concussions increases a person’s odds of developing cognitive or psychological symptoms of long COVID, and, if so, whether that points to new ways to treat the post-viral condition.
Daniel Linseman, a professor at the University of Denver who studies diseases and injuries that cause degeneration in the brain, said the theory is that a brain that’s already been stressed by concussions will be more vulnerable to long COVID symptoms.
But the group of researchers, which includes doctors from National Jewish Health and the Englewood clinic Resilience Code, will need to enroll enough people with and without a history of concussions to determine if that’s correct.
