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Parents and coaches will benefit from reduced reliance on honest self - reporting of concussion symptoms by athletes and of the less - than - perfect observational skills of sideline management in spotting signs of concussion;

Available free of charge on MomsTEAM's new SmartTeams concussion website, the #TeamUp4ConcussionSafetyTM program, developed by MomsTEAM Institute as part of its SmartTeams Play SafeTM initiative with a Mind Matters Educational Challenge Grant from the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Department of Defense, is designed to do just that: to increase reporting by athletes of concussion symptoms by engaging coaches, athletes, parents, and health care providers in a season - long, indeed career - long program which emphasizes that immediate reporting of concussion symptoms - not just by athletes themselves but by their teammate «buddies» - not only reduces the risk the athlete will suffer a more serious brain injury - or, in rare cases, even death - but is actually helps the team's chances of winning, not just in that game, but, by giving athletes the best chance to return as quickly as possible from concussion, the rest of the season, and by teaching that honest reporting is a valued team behavior and a hallmark of a good teammate.

Not exact matches

One of the NFLs stronger arguments could be that the prejudice against concussions is actually a symptom of participation trophy culture where everyone gets a healthy brain - by coddling our kids mental health we're actualy doing them a disservice and leaving them ill - equipped for the real world when their brains eventually stop working altogether.

Win at all costs - Quarterback, Denard Robinson, who has the weight of school on his shoulders, was pulled from the Illinois game by head coach Rich Rodriguez because of possible concussion symptoms.

If a player is suspected of having a concussion, or exhibits the signs or symptoms of concussion, they will be removed from participation and undergo evaluation by the medical staff in a quiet, distraction - free environment conducive to conducting a neurological evaluation.

More than 90 % of all cerebral concussions fall into this mild, or Grade 1, category, which, under my brain injury guidelines is characterized by only a brief (less than 30 minutes) period of post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) or other post-concussion signs and symptoms.

«As health care providers dealing with concussions, we need to be aware that many concussed patients may be bullied or shamed on social media by friends or teammates who may not believe that they are experiencing concussion symptoms, or that those symptoms are lingering,» notes Mark Halstead, M.D., a sports medicine physician and Director of the Washington University Sports Concussion Clinic & Young Athleconcussion symptoms, or that those symptoms are lingering,» notes Mark Halstead, M.D., a sports medicine physician and Director of the Washington University Sports Concussion Clinic & Young AthleConcussion Clinic & Young Athlete Center.

And, finally, because prevailing attitudes towards concussion symptom reporting and reporting behavior are deeply entrenched in our sports culture, we encourage, as Step Five, that coaches, athletes, athletic trainers, team doctors, and parents continue working over the course of the sports season to create and maintain an environment in which athletes feel safe in immediately reporting concussion symptoms (both their own and their teammates) by sharing and reinforcing positive messages about the importance of immediate concussion symptom reporting via social media, by maintaining open lines of communication and an ongoing dialog about concussion safety among and between and among coaches, athletes, medical staff and parents.

With consistent messaging and constant reinforcement of the value of immediate concussion reporting in achieving your team's performance goals, and by making athletes feel comfortable in reporting, we believe that, not only will attitudes and beliefs about concussion reporting begin to change, but the concussion reporting behavior of your athletes will start to change as well, and that, over time, the culture of resistance to concussion symptom reporting will be replaced by a sports culture of concussion safety.

Anecdotal evidence from NCAA Division I football programs suggests that the signing by athletes of pledges acknowledging their responsibility to report concussion symptoms increases the rate of reporting by athletes, both of their own symptoms and those of teammates.

Instead of classifying concussions by grade (Grade 1 = mild, Grade 2 = moderate, Grade 3 = severe), the Prague statement classified concussion as either simple or complex, depending on the type, duration and number of symptoms and how long they took to resolve:

While O'Kane said there was some evidence that concussion education could improve the percentage of athletes reporting concussions, pointing to a 2012 study [8] finding that high school athletes receiving concussion education were twice as likely to report symptoms to coaches compared with those with no education (72 % vs. 36 %), he acknowledged that a 2013 study [9](also by researchers at the University of Washington) found that many high school soccer players, despite understanding the symptoms of concussion and the potentially severe complications from playing with concussion, would continue to play despite symptoms.

In Phase Two, which will began in August 2015, the Institute will be awarded an additional $ 75,000 to work with the NCAA and DOD to actually design a prototype educational program to increase understanding of the critical importance of honest and early self - reporting by student - athletes of concussion symptoms in the diagnosis and management of concussions.

Besides the 2013 University of Washington study, a number of other recent studies have found education ineffective in improving self - reporting by athletes, adding to a growing body of evidence challenging the conventional wisdom that inadequate athlete concussion knowledge is the principal barrier to increased reporting, and suggesting that one of the best ways to combat underreporting by athletes of concussion symptoms may be to shift the focus of educational efforts towards helping coaches facilitate concussion reporting, the theory being that athletes will be more likely to report concussion symptoms if they no longer think that they will be punished by the coach for reporting, such as by losing playing time or their starting position, perceived by their teammates as letting them down, or viewed by their coach as «weak,» all of which have been documented in numerous studies over the past decade as reasons athletes are reluctant to report concussion symptoms.

Second, like Dr. Covassin, she noted that it was based on a parent report of concussion symptoms, with about half of the reported cases never diagnosed by a medical professional.

Noting other studies finding that between one - third and one - half of players report concussion symptoms for which they did not seek medical attention, and the fact that, in the current study, only 44.1 % of athletes identified through the weekly interviews sought medical evaluation by a QHP, and that the concussion rate considering only those diagnosed by a QHP was far lower than the overall rate reported -LRB-.4 per 1,000 AEs versus 1.3 per 1,000 AEs).

[2] «The reluctance to report concussion symptoms and to follow protocols [were] likely results from certain cultural factors such as athletes asserting their masculinity by playing through the discomfort of an injury, and a belief that winning is more important than an athlete's long - term health,» said lead author, Paul Echlin, M.D..

If an athlete suspected of having suffered a concussion is quickly removed from a game or practice and not allowed to return that day, and, if diagnosed by a qualified health care professional with concussion, is not allowed to return to practice and game action until after completing the symptom - limited, exercise program experts recommend, and being cleared by a health care professional with concussion expertise, most will recover without incident fairly quickly.

Impact sensors don't depend solely on athletes to remove themselves from games or practices by reporting concussion symptoms, or on game officials or sideline personnel to observe signs of concussion.

One way, I believe, to address the problem of under - reporting and increase the chances a concussion will be identified early on the sports sideline may be to rely less on athletes themselves to remove themselves from games or practices by reporting concussion symptoms (which the most recent study shows occurs at a shockingly low rate, [9] or on game officials and sideline observers to observe signs of concussion and call for a concussion assessment, but to employ technology to increase the chances that a concussion will be identified by employing impact sensors designed to monitor head impact exposure in terms of the force of hits (both linear and rotational), number, location, and cumulative impact, in real time at all levels of football, and in other helmeted and non-helmeted contact and collision sports, where practical, to help identify high - risk impacts and alert medical personnel on the sideline so they can consider performing a concussion assessment.

When I presented the next year in Atlantic City to recreational department directors gathered for the annual meeting of the New Jersey Parks and Recreation Directors» Association, I spoke to the critical role they could play in improving sports safety by proactively exercising the power of the permit to require youth sport coaches to receive more training in first aid, CPR, and the signs and symptoms of a concussion.

According to a number of recent studies [1,2,5,13,18], while the culture of sport (including influences from professional and other athletes), as well as the media and other outside sources play a role in the decision of student - athletes to report experiencing concussion symptoms, it is coaches and teammates, along with parents, who have the strongest influence on the decision to report a concussion during sport participation, with coaches being one of the primary barriers to increased self - reporting by athletes of concussive symptoms.

Unless the coach made it clear that an athlete needed to report symptoms of concussion, it was perceived to be unacceptable to come out because of a «headache» or «dizziness» [because] athletes did not want to be wrong about being concussed and suffer negative consequences» such as being punished by the coach for reporting concussive symptoms «by removing them from a starting position, reducing their future playing time, or inferring that reporting concussive symptoms made them «weak.»»

It does not measure other critical brain functions that can be adversely affected by head trauma, such as balance and vision, which is why expert groups [1] recommend a «multifaceted approach to concussion management that emphasizes the use of objective assessment tools aimed at capturing the spectrum of clinical signs and symptoms, cognitive dysfunction, and physical deficits... that are more sensitive to the injury than using any one component alone.»

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 18 -2-25a (2013) requires the governing authority of each public and nonpublic elementary school, middle school, junior high school and high school, working through guidance approved by the department of health and communicated through the department of education, to do the following: (A) Adopt guidelines and other pertinent information and forms as approved by the department of health to inform and educate coaches, school administrators, youth athletes and their parents or guardians of the nature, risk and symptoms of concussion and head injury, including continuing to play after concussion or head injury; (B) Require annual completion by all coaches, whether the coach is employed or a volunteer, and by school athletic directors of a concussion recognition and head injury safety education course program approved by the dConcussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 18 -2-25a (2013) requires the governing authority of each public and nonpublic elementary school, middle school, junior high school and high school, working through guidance approved by the department of health and communicated through the department of education, to do the following: (A) Adopt guidelines and other pertinent information and forms as approved by the department of health to inform and educate coaches, school administrators, youth athletes and their parents or guardians of the nature, risk and symptoms of concussion and head injury, including continuing to play after concussion or head injury; (B) Require annual completion by all coaches, whether the coach is employed or a volunteer, and by school athletic directors of a concussion recognition and head injury safety education course program approved by the dconcussion and head injury, including continuing to play after concussion or head injury; (B) Require annual completion by all coaches, whether the coach is employed or a volunteer, and by school athletic directors of a concussion recognition and head injury safety education course program approved by the dconcussion or head injury; (B) Require annual completion by all coaches, whether the coach is employed or a volunteer, and by school athletic directors of a concussion recognition and head injury safety education course program approved by the dconcussion recognition and head injury safety education course program approved by the department.

Concussion or Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 20 -2-324.1 (2013) requires each local board of education, administration of a nonpublic school and governing body of a charter school to adopt and implement a concussion management and return to play policy that includes the following components: 1) an information sheet to all youth athletes» parents or legal guardians informing them of the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, 2) requirement for removal from play and examination by a health care provider for those exhibiting symptoms of a concussion during a game, competition, tryout or practice and 3) for those youth that have sustained a concussion (as determined by a health care provider), the coach or other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play until they receive clearance from a health care provider for a full or graduated returConcussion or Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 20 -2-324.1 (2013) requires each local board of education, administration of a nonpublic school and governing body of a charter school to adopt and implement a concussion management and return to play policy that includes the following components: 1) an information sheet to all youth athletes» parents or legal guardians informing them of the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, 2) requirement for removal from play and examination by a health care provider for those exhibiting symptoms of a concussion during a game, competition, tryout or practice and 3) for those youth that have sustained a concussion (as determined by a health care provider), the coach or other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play until they receive clearance from a health care provider for a full or graduated returconcussion management and return to play policy that includes the following components: 1) an information sheet to all youth athletes» parents or legal guardians informing them of the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, 2) requirement for removal from play and examination by a health care provider for those exhibiting symptoms of a concussion during a game, competition, tryout or practice and 3) for those youth that have sustained a concussion (as determined by a health care provider), the coach or other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play until they receive clearance from a health care provider for a full or graduated returconcussion and head injury, 2) requirement for removal from play and examination by a health care provider for those exhibiting symptoms of a concussion during a game, competition, tryout or practice and 3) for those youth that have sustained a concussion (as determined by a health care provider), the coach or other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play until they receive clearance from a health care provider for a full or graduated returconcussion during a game, competition, tryout or practice and 3) for those youth that have sustained a concussion (as determined by a health care provider), the coach or other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play until they receive clearance from a health care provider for a full or graduated returconcussion (as determined by a health care provider), the coach or other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play until they receive clearance from a health care provider for a full or graduated return to play.

(3) A student athlete shall be promptly removed from play if the athlete is suspected of sustaining a concussion or exhibits signs or symptoms of concussion until completion of assessment by a qualified healthcare professional or medical clearance.

The program must address the signs and symptoms of a concussion and require that an official must remove a student from competition and an athletic trainer must remove a student from practice, training or competition if (1) a student reports any sign or symptom of a concussion, (2) an official, coach or athletic trainer determines that the student exhibits any sign or symptom of a concussion, or (3) an official, coach or athletic trainer is notified that the student has reported or exhibited any sign or symptom of a concussion by a licensed, registered or certified health care provider.

This team will identify the school personnel who shall be trained in concussion signs and symptoms and the school activities covered by this policy.

If at any time during the return to full participation in school activities the student exhibits signs and symptoms of concussion, the student must be removed from the activity and be re-evaluated by the treating licensed health care provider trained in concussion management.

The policy requires removal from play for any student, as determined by a game official, coach from the student's team, certified athletic trainer, licensed physician, licensed physical therapist or other official designated by the student's school entity, exhibits signs or symptoms of a concussion or traumatic brain injury while participating in an athletic activity.

I know that concern has been expressed by some that these devices have not been validated in peer - reviewed studies, and, as readers of MomsTEAM and my blog know, products which claim to actually prevent concussions or risk the severity of concussion symptoms without their claims being backed up by peer - reviewed studies ordinarily don't pass muster with me.

It is up to parents to do whatever they can to make sure that their child's coach does not continue to convey the message to athletes that there will be negative consequences to concussion reporting by removing them from a starting position, reducing future playing time, or inferring that reporting concussive symptoms made them «weak», but, instead, creates an environment in which athletes feel safe in honestly self - reporting experiencing concussion symptoms or reporting that a teammate is displaying signs of concussion (and reinforcing that message at home)

Basketball rules, as set forth by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), are clear: the official shall remove a player if he / she is displaying symptoms of a concussion, and the player can return to the game only if / when cleared by a medical professional.

Coaches and officials should be required by law to be trained and certified in basic safety and emergency procedures, including the recognition of concussion signs and symptoms;

Most injured athletes recovered within the normal timelines established by the Graded Symptom Checklist, Standardized Assessment of Concussion and Balance Error Scoring System.

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.

While neurocognitive testing is widely viewed as the cornerstone of the concussion - assement process, when used in isolation, it should never be used by itself, but rather in conjunction with symptom and other (e.g. balance, visual) assessments in diagnosing concussion and the readiness of an athlete for return to play after completing a symptom - limited graduated exercise protocol;

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.

Because they can detect subtle signs of cognitive impairment indicating that an athlete's brain has not fully healed, even where the athlete claims his symptoms have cleared, the tests are designed to help to protect young athletes against the risk of suffering a second concussion by returning too soon, which can lead to short - and long - term cognitive problems, and catastrophic injury or even death from second impact syndrome.

If no medical personnel are on the sports sideline, any athlete showing potential signs of concussion, such as balance or motor incoordination (stumbles, slow / labored movements), disorientation or confusion, loss of memory, blank or vacant look or visible facial injury combined with any of these other symptoms, should be removed from play, barred from returning and referred for a formal evaluation by a qualified health care professional.

By making yourself aware of concussion symptoms, what your child should and shouldn't do with a concussion, and how to monitor the concussion process, you are taking the steps necessary to support your child's healing.

Named for a boy who was permanently disabled after he suffered a concussion playing football and returned to the game, the legislation mandates that youth athletes displaying symptoms of a concussion must be cleared by a licensed professional before returning to action.

According to statistics kept by the Centers for Disease Control, in 2007, girls» soccer players reported 29,167 concussions, second only to football players.And, a study published in the Jan. 2011 edition of theJournal of Athletic Training said female athletes experience more physical long - term symptoms than male athletes.

Contrary to what my brother had been told by doctors who treated him that it would take about 2 weeks to heal from a concussion, I found it was taking the hockey players an average of 3 - 6 months to be symptom - free and several players were still having symptoms after a year.

All the studies were conducted on athletes, and all concussions were defined by a witnessed or reported blow to the head with neurological symptoms.

By analyzing athlete data on the Head Case Website, the sports community can continue to gain a better understanding of repetitive subconcussive impacts, as well as concussion symptoms and the events that led to them.

Head Case: Founded by concerned parents of competitive kids, Head Case is a sports technology company with the mission to protect athletes from the cumulative risk of undetected concussions.Head Case are the creators behind Head Case, an affordable three - part head health management systemthat that measures and records head impacts in G - force, provides alerts on impacts of concern, offers diagnostic tools to detect signs and symptoms of potential concussions, and recommends the best treatment facilities in an athlete's current location.

The Head Health Management System helps athletes by aiding in detecting potential symptoms of a concussion.

If your child has received an impact of concern, the Head Case Mobile App provides a step - by - step field - side test to help detect symptoms of a potential concussion.