...Concussions in Athletes Concussions in Athletes Introduction Athletes are faced with a number of health issues including injuries that could require surgery. It is also important to note that there are a number of athletes who have died while participating in sports. Sadly, most athletes do not report these problems in time albeit they are aware of the symptoms that accompany such sport-related health problems. Concussion is one such health problem that is affecting athletes, especially high school students. It has been reported that most of athletes tend to avoid reporting symptoms of concussion in order to avoid being sidelined from playing (Diagnosing and Treating Sports-Related Concussion, 2014). In the United States, it is estimated that up to 3.8 million athletes suffer from concussions linked to high impact sports (Diagnosing and Treating Sports-Related Concussion, 2014). There is, however, a feeling that the figure is under-estimated in the sense that most athletes as well as their coaches are not conversant with the symptoms of this particular health issue. Therefore, concussions in athletes are a serious health issue which should be addressed immediately. There is need to inform athletes and all stakeholders in the sport industry on the symptoms of concussions as well as their capability to be fatal in order to help athletes seek treatment to avoid repetitive concussions which would lead to deaths. The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader, especially...
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...of work is to inform his readers about the current issues in sports. The intended audience is the sports nation and everybody involved. This source educates the entire world on the seriousness of concussions. From children playing pee-wee football to adults playing in the NFL, concussions cause brain damage. They can cause a player to be inactive for a month, year, or a lifetime. In some very serious circumstances concussions may cause death. Zirin, Dave. "High Price of Concussions." Progressive Oct. 2010: 42. Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition. Web. 28 Oct. 2012. <http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/results_single_ftPES.jhtml>. 2 NFL commissioner Rodger Goodell is taking serious steps to make his players more safe. Coaches are looking at what Goodell is doing and are following him by example. Goodell feels that if coaches and players see how serious the problem is, they will find more and more ways to protect the youth. "Heads up! NFL Commissioner Rodger Goodell talks about the importance of protecting student athletes from traumatic head injuries." State Legislatures 37.2 (2011): 21. Gale Student Resources in Context. Web. 28 Oct. 2012. <http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/suic/MagazinesDetailsPage>. 3 E:60 is a segment conducted by the ESPN network. This network covers every single sport and is a very credible source. The purpose was to inform its viewers on the seriousness of concussions. By introducing second impact to viewers, it encourages athletes...
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...Every year, roughly 1.6 to 3.8 million athletes in the United States alone suffer from a concussion (“13 Things You”). But, almost half of these concussions are not reported and therefore not treated (“13 Things You”). Of all sports contributing to the concussion total, football is by far the main contributor. “High school football accounts for 47% of all reported sports concussions, while 33% of these concussions occur during practice,” (“Head Case - Complete”). The main reason for this could be improper technique and teaching, neglect, and other factors. But for these players, high school is followed by college and possibly the National Football League (NFL), where concussions get much more attention and criticism. Concussions in the NFL...
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...basketball, and every other sport away from them too? You can get hurt in any sport including football, so why take it away from young kids? Many people have been asking if young kids should play football. I read two articles that helped back up my evidence and the first one is called,”Should Kids Play Football,” by Jennifer Shotz. My second helpful article was called, “Hoge Understands the Importance of Youth Football,” by Teresa Varley. Many people say that young kids should be able to play football because it can help with many different parts of their life, while others think that young kids don’t deserve the privilege of playing...
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...FSU Winner Florida State’s Caitlin Quinn has been named the NSCA’s Assistant Strength Coach of the Year. http://www.seminoles.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/112613aaa.html Critical Condition A California high school football player is in critical condition after suffering neck and spinal cord injuries during a game. http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/corona/corona-headlines-index/20131124-santiago-football-player-remains-in-critical-condition.ece State Total More than 4,400 middle and high school student-athletes in Massachusetts suffered head injuries last year, according to reports filed by the schools. http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/11/25/mass-schools-report-head-injuries-among-athletes-compliance-with-concussion-law-rises/njPFK6a92knIhcvY9UGxdN/story.html Refueling Product A new product can allegedly help athletes refuel during competition by providing precise carb and electrolyte recommendations based on a quick analysis of their sweat. http://www.prweb.com/releases/FuelstripMMA/UFCBellator/prweb11284260.htm Vegan Praise Several top athletes credit veganism with playing a key role in their success. http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/elite-athletes-reveal-the-vegan-diet-secret-behind-their-success/story-fneuzkvr-1226768537898 Baseline Challenges Three new studies of baseline testing highlight the difficult of accurately assessing an athlete’s true baseline ability. http://www.momsteam.com/studies-show-pitfalls-in-baseline-neurocognitive-testing ...
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...discussion regarding traumatic brain injury (TBI) and concussions has been inflamed within the media. Prior to this time little research was conducted regarding various forms of TBI, concussions, and enduring consequences of experiencing a TBI. As a result of the many soldiers returning from the continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with TBI diagnosis, much research has been directed toward this field. A sizeable contributor in the media recognition of the significant impact of TBI and concussions is the popularity of the National Football League (NFL) and college football. Players in various professional and college football leagues have long been experiencing TBI as a result of the contact nature of the...
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...Concussions in football are a serious injury and fear for athletes. Although football players and coaches have knowledge of concussions, they are still undermining the importance of the risk of playing with one. Football is a collision sport and head to head contact is made on every play. When a player experiences a big hit, as long as they can walk, they will try to keep playing. That’s the mindset of football players and they’ll do anything to stay on the field. Football is one of the most competitive sports and players don’t want to let down their team by watching from the sidelines. I played football in High School and I would not leave the field unless I got dragged off or my coach subbed me in. Having trainers and referees watch out for players that look dizzy or show signs of a concussion could help solve this problem. In much of youth football, it is rare that a trainer or doctor attends practice or even games. This is a problem because children don’t know when and how they could be hurting themselves for the future if they have a concussion. They listen to their coaches and their coaches most likely aren’t medically trained. Coaches can also have a biased opinion because their job is to win games and they will play their best athletes as long as the athlete will play. I think that trainers or doctors, whoever is on the medical staff on the sideline, should have the ultimate decision on the health of a player and determine if he can play or not. They have the best, unbiased...
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...Terri Allen Professor Roddy English 1302 17 October 2016 Annotated Bibliography Apps, Jennifer N, and Kevin D. Walter. Pediatric and Adolescent Concussion: Diagnosis, Management, and Outcomes. New York, NY, Springer, http://0-link.springer.com.librus.hccs.edu/book/10.1007%2F978-0-387-89545-1. Jennifer Apps is a pediatric neuropsychologist and assistant director of research in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences at the Medical College of Wisconsin. According to her book, with an increase in sports affiliated concussions among children, it has become necessary for practitioners to understand how to go about handling age appropriate assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of the concussions. It is also critical...
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...continue to participate in a game. The researchers picked 314 ice hockey coaches and using a cross-sectional survey with 7 case scenarios. “Each case scenario described a player with a concussion during a game, and scores reflected how the coach would respond to each scenario. Although most coaches would not allow a player to continue participating in a game after suffering a concussion, there was a small percentage that would. Statistical analysis found an inverse relationship between the coaches’ age and consideration of continued participation” (p. 283). This shows that a small group of coaches are still poorly educated...
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...Violence In Sports We all know that violence comes into sports. What would a Saturday afternoon on the football field be like without the odd punch up on the field? How would we get our hockey fix if the players did not get a little rough every so often? And what would we do if instead of running into each other, our NFL heroes politely squeezed passed the defensive line uttering, "pardon me" before making their way to the touchdown. Violence is a part of sports, no matter how much the professional associations deny the fact. Violence in sports is a form of entertainment and with out it watching sports on the TV wouldn’t be the same. Lets look at the facts, plenty of football matches involve the post-tackle, and the referee will try and break it up, but hopefully and usually to no benefit. As football has grown wider, it has also increased the violence in the game. To measure its violence different scientific studies have been done. According to the reports, injuries in the game reduce the life expectancy of a football professional player by about twenty years. It has been calculated that the force of the collision between a fast-running lineman and an equally fast-running back, in a football game, is enough to move 33 tons one inch. A hard hit on the helmet can approach a force of 1000Gs, which is a thousand times the force of gravity. The injury statistics for high school, college, and pro football are pretty surprising. Each season at least fifty and as many as eighty-six...
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...ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Relationship Between Concussion and Neuropsychological Performance in College Football Players Michael W. Collins, PhD Scott H. Grindel, MD Mark R. Lovell, PhD Duane E. Dede, PhD David J. Moser, PhD Benjamin R. Phalin, BS Sally Nogle, MA, ATC Michael Wasik, MEd, ATC David Cordry, MA Michelle Klotz Daugherty, MA Samuel F. Sears, PhD Guy Nicolette, MD Peter Indelicato, MD Douglas B. McKeag, MD T HE MANAGEMENT OF MILD TRAU- matic brain injury (MTBI; eg, concussion, defined as a traumatically induced alteration in mental status not necessarily resulting in loss of consciousness) in athletics is currently one of the most compelling challenges in sports medicine. Despite the high prevalence1 and potentially serious outcomes2,3 associated with concussion, systematic research on this topic is lacking. Many sports medicine practitioners are not satisfied with current return-to-play and treatment options, which do not appear to be evidence based.4-6 There is also little research examining whether long-term cognitive See also pp 954, 958, 971, 974, and 989. 964 JAMA, September 8, 1999—Vol 282, No. 10 Context Despite the high prevalence and potentially serious outcomes associated with concussion in athletes, there is little systematic research examining risk factors and short- and long-term outcomes. Objectives To assess the relationship between concussion history and learning disability (LD) and the association of these...
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...That ball was thrown with such force that when it made contact with my face it shattered my entire right cheek bone. Every sort of scan you could think of I had to get done. The most heartbreaking news I received while at this hospital was that I couldn't play the sport I love for several weeks. This was absolutely devastating because now I knew I'd miss most of my freshmen high school softball games. That was a big deal and I did have to miss nearly two full months of softball because of this. Following that long night I was told that I now had doctors appointments nearly everyday for a month. I went to several concussion doctors, bone specialist, optometrists, plastic surgeons, ents, and countless more. From these appointments I learned that not only did I have a shattered cheek bone but now I had a scratched iris and cornea, nearly detached retina, broken nose, no feeling in my top teeth for the rest of my life, a concussion, and a high possibility of surgery. This was very scary news to me being only 15 and having all of these health problems that could now affect my everyday...
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...experiences with sports. It may be because of resources available to certain people or because of their gender and where they grew up. In my research, I found that most people do get involved with sports because of their parents and at a young age. However, as they grew up their involvement with sports and how it has affected their lives has changed immensely, even for those who are still involved. As I compared my findings from the interviews of two different people with other previous research, it seemed to support and reject certain sociological findings. When I started to interview the individuals, I set up the questions beforehand and then scheduled to meet up with both of my interviewees at different times on different...
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...Every school year, millions of students participate in school sports. Participating in school sports has grown from an estimate 4 million students playing a sport in the early 1970's to about 7.7 million in 2011. Unfortunately school principals, athletic directors and coaches cannot guarantee that students will remain accident free while participating in any sport. In today's litigious world, schools, and staff can be subject to a lawsuit. Over the past few decades, more tort cases have been filed. A tort concerns civil wrongs and address the duty, breach and injury sustained to one individual as a result of another's conduct. The premise is that a person who is injured could be able to recover something from the person who injured him or her. Usually, in a tort case, injured parties typically seek monetary damages. In an educational setting, tort law is the prevalent area of the law that subjects educators to personal liability. There are a variety of torts, which can basically be divided into three types of torts: (1) intentional torts, the intent to do harm to a person, (2) negligent torts, no intent to do harm to a person but to fail to exercise proper care and (3) strict liability, actions that causes damages regardless if the person is not at fault or negligent. Of the three categories, intentional and negligent torts tend to be more common types of tort actions in school sports settings. However, the vast majority of tort liabilities applicable...
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...Beginning at the age of 5, I was sexually abused by a family member — I was forced into secrecy and had nobody to talk to. Throughout my childhood I often wondered what my life would be like had this not happened to me. I grew up confused, angry, and scared— feeling as though my life was a total lie. Of course, I had to make people think I was happy, especially my parents; I played this role quite well. As Gonzalez (2012) states, “... Exposure to physical abuse in childhood [is] associated with increased risk of depression.” This was definitely a risk factor I would soon experience. Luckily for myself, I was born with elite athletic skills. Since a very young age, I was active in multiple sports whether it was running, cycling, figure skating,...
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