Sentences with phrase «caused concussion symptoms»

But Shipley assistant athletic trainer Kayleigh Jenkins recalls seeing a 110 - G hit last year that didn't cause a concussion, and she also remembers a 17 - G impact that caused concussion symptoms.

Mental activities that involve concentration (such as studying, working on a computer, watching TV or playing video games) may cause concussion symptoms to reappear or worsen.

Not exact matches

Vick's concussion is causing him to struggle with reaction times, while McCoy is experiencing symptoms at night.

«There may be certain messages that are more likely to encourage athletes to report concussive symptoms, such as focusing on short - term outcomes (concussions affect one's ability to play well) rather than long - term outcomes (playing with a concussion can cause brain damage).

I wanted to ask them for their reaction to a recent survey of college athletes in contact and collision sports at the University of Pennsylvania which found that, despite being educated about the dangers of continuing to play with concussion symptoms, most are still very reluctant to report symptoms because they want to stay in the game, and to comment on reports that the N.F.L. players» union was against putting sensors in helmets that would alert the sideline to hits of a sufficient magnitude to cause concussion, which may be the technological solution (or, in football parlance «end - around») to the chronic under - reporting problem.

When the app identifies a hit which may cause traumatic brain injury, an audible and visual, color - coded visual alert (yellow, orange, or red) is triggered on the user's device so that an assessment for possible concussion can begin immediately on the sports sideline using a standard assessment tool (e.g. SCAT2) or the concussion symptom checklist displayed on the smart - phone.

Mild traumatic brain injuries, or concussions, cause a variety of temporary symptoms, including headache, nausea, and memory loss.

All too often, even hits hard enough to cause an athlete to display signs of concussion that can be observed by sideline personnel, or which cause the athlete to experience symptoms of concussion, go undetected, either because the signs are too subtle to be seen or are simply missed by sideline personnel or because the athlete fails to report them (a 2010 study [7] of Canadian junior hockey players, for example, found that, for every concussion self - reported by the players or identified by the coaches or on - the - bench medical personnel, physician observers in the stands picked up seven)- a persistent problem that, given the «warrior» mentality and culture of contact and collision sports, is not going to go away any time soon, if ever.

A study of elite athletes playing contact sports suggests that the symptoms of depression some experience after a concussion may result from physical changes in their brains caused by the concussions themselves.

But a second concussion before symptoms from the first one have cleared can be dangerous, possibly causing brain damage and even death.

Concussions can cause serious symptoms that require medical treatment.

[Robert Siman et al, Serum SNTF Increases in Concussed Professional Ice Hockey Players and Relates to the Severity of Post Concussion Symptoms] A strong blow to the head causes chemical changes within nerve cells that damage their structural proteins.

Worryingly, McKee's research suggests that even multiple mild blows that don't cause symptoms of concussion may be enough to trigger CTE.

Symptoms include nausea, proverbially «seeing stars» and, in some cases, concussions may cause unconsciousness, memory loss and slurred speech.

Concussions caused by car accidents are more common than most people thinks and as a Cincinnati car accident attorney I have seen insurance companies attempt to downplay the severe symptoms that can occur.

This type of concussion can also cause symptoms including: