Doesn't matter how little rotation it was (and she cleared the whole courtyard, so it was probably more than just a few degrees), she'd still have to survive that force. And the onlookers were on the edge and outside of the square, while the koloss clumped at the middle to attack Vin.
Beyond that, after reading Vin's headbutt scene, I have to say that it was not the headbutt that knocked her out. She was already injured, and Pewter was all that was keeping her on her feet. She'd gotten hit by a coin and was about to pass out even with pewter when being strangled. After she was knocked out, no one mentioned her having a concussion, or a cracked skull. Just cracked ribs. When she woke up, her side hurt and neck ached (because she'd been strangled) but her head? nothing. It wasn't the headbutt, it was running out of the pewter that was the only thing keeping her going.