Children who have experience concussions often take longer to recover if they have experience previous concussions, according to a new study from researchers at the Boston Children's Hospital.

Researcher reviewed the records of kids and young adults aged 11 to 22. They found that the average recovery time for a first concussion was about 12 days while a second recovery took about 28 days. A third concussion within one year took about 35 days to recover.

"This just adds another little weight to the risk side," said lead researcher Matthew Eisenberg. "There may be a subgroup of kids, particularly those who play contact sports who are at risk over the course of their adolescence — those are the ones we worry about."

About 60 percent of the concussions observed in the study were, in fact, due to sports.

"Virtually all kids get better from these injuries — they really do," Eisenberg said. "The question is how long it takes."

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