To determine which type of football helmets and mouth guards are associated with a lower incidence and severity of
concussions in high school football players, McGuine and his colleagues worked with certified athletic trainers (ATCs) to collect data on 2,288 players at 36 public and private high schools in Wisconsin during the 2012 and 2013 football seasons.
Unreported
concussion in high school football players: implications for prevention.
The risk of sustaining
a concussion in high school football is not affected by the brand, age of the helmet, or recondition status, or by the type of mouth guard worn, say researchers from the University of Wisconsin in a new study.
Not exact matches
INDIANAPOLIS,
IN (February 12, 2007)-- In its continuing emphasis on illegal helmet - to - helmet contact in high school football such as spearing, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee reorganized and clarified several rules with the intention of further reducing the risk of head injuries, such, as concussions, in the spor
IN (February 12, 2007)-- In its continuing emphasis on illegal helmet - to - helmet contact in high school football such as spearing, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee reorganized and clarified several rules with the intention of further reducing the risk of head injuries, such, as concussions, in the spor
IN (February 12, 2007)--
In its continuing emphasis on illegal helmet - to - helmet contact in high school football such as spearing, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee reorganized and clarified several rules with the intention of further reducing the risk of head injuries, such, as concussions, in the spor
In its continuing emphasis on illegal helmet - to - helmet contact in high school football such as spearing, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee reorganized and clarified several rules with the intention of further reducing the risk of head injuries, such, as concussions, in the spor
In its continuing emphasis on illegal helmet - to - helmet contact
in high school football such as spearing, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee reorganized and clarified several rules with the intention of further reducing the risk of head injuries, such, as concussions, in the spor
in high school football such as spearing, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee reorganized and clarified several rules with the intention of further reducing the risk of head injuries, such, as concussions, in the spor
in high school football such as spearing, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee reorganized and clarified several rules with the intention of further reducing the risk of head injuries, such, as concussions, in the sp
high school football such as spearing, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee reorganized and clarified several rules with the intention of further reducing the risk of head injuries, such, as concussions, in the
school football such as spearing, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee reorganized and clarified several rules with the intention of further reducing the risk of head injuries, such, as concussions, in th
football such as spearing, the National Federation of State
High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee reorganized and clarified several rules with the intention of further reducing the risk of head injuries, such, as concussions, in the sp
High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee reorganized and clarified several rules with the intention of further reducing the risk of head injuries, such, as concussions, in the
School Associations (NFHS)
Football Rules Committee reorganized and clarified several rules with the intention of further reducing the risk of head injuries, such, as concussions, in th
Football Rules Committee reorganized and clarified several rules with the intention of further reducing the risk of head injuries, such, as
concussions,
in the spor
in the spor
in the sport.
As the 2013
high school football season enters the home stretch, with teams fighting to stay alive
in the playoffs, or preparing for traditional end - of - the - season games on Thanksgiving morning, the risk of
concussion is an ever - present concern.
Recently, I had that opportunity when I heard John «JK» Parker speak to a
high school football team
in Oklahoma with which MomsTEAM is working to develop a
concussion management program.
The good news is that
football and soccer coaches at public
high schools in Washington State nearly all reported completing the required
concussion education annually,
concussion knowledge among coaches was
high, and nearly all reported being somewhat comfortable or very comfortable
in deciding whether an athlete needed an additional evaluation for a suspected
concussion.
Brooke de Lench is Executive Director of MomsTEAM Institute, Founder and Publisher of MomsTeam.com, blogger and author of Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers
in Youth Sports (HarperCollins), and the Producer / Director / Creator of the new PBS
concussion documentary, «The Smartest Team: Making
High School Football Safer.»
Fortunately, as result of my first - hand experience, working closely the past four
football seasons (on many
football fields) with six different sensor manufacturers, the
high school football program
in Newcastle, and, most recently, the youth
football program
in Grand Prairie, TX, and from covering the
concussion beat, along with a team of experts and staff journalists, for the past fifteen years, I believe MomsTEAM and I are
in a unique position to explain just what impact sensors are all about.
Produced and directed by Boston - based visionary youth sports parenting expert and author, Brooke de Lench, and drawing both on her experience as a parent of a concussed
high school football and lacrosse player and as the founder and publisher of MomsTEAM.com, the acknowledged «pioneer»
in youth sports
concussion education, «THE SMARTEST TEAM» documents how de Lench worked with a
high school in Newcastle, Oklahoma to address the challenges
concussions pose
in football.
I was really interested
in hearing how exactly they proposed to do that, especially
in terms of changing the macho culture of the sport and breaking the «code of silence» that continues to prompt players at every level of
football, whether it be N.F.L., college,
high school or youth - to hide
concussion symptoms
in order to stay
in the game and avoid being perceived as somehow letting their coach, their teammates, or their parents down.
As someone who has been writing about and following the
concussion issue for many years, and as the producer and director of the new
high school football concussion documentary, «The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer», I have been in the unique position of having direct, first - hand experience with with all football helmets and helmet impact sensor technology, and of having addressed the issue of whether the addition of such sensors to a football helmet would likely void the NOCSAE certification and manufacturer's warra
high school football concussion documentary, «The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer», I have been in the unique position of having direct, first - hand experience with with all football helmets and helmet impact sensor technology, and of having addressed the issue of whether the addition of such sensors to a football helmet would likely void the NOCSAE certification and manufacturer's war
school football concussion documentary, «The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer», I have been in the unique position of having direct, first - hand experience with with all football helmets and helmet impact sensor technology, and of having addressed the issue of whether the addition of such sensors to a football helmet would likely void the NOCSAE certification and manufacturer's w
football concussion documentary, «The Smartest Team: Making
High School Football Safer», I have been in the unique position of having direct, first - hand experience with with all football helmets and helmet impact sensor technology, and of having addressed the issue of whether the addition of such sensors to a football helmet would likely void the NOCSAE certification and manufacturer's warra
High School Football Safer», I have been in the unique position of having direct, first - hand experience with with all football helmets and helmet impact sensor technology, and of having addressed the issue of whether the addition of such sensors to a football helmet would likely void the NOCSAE certification and manufacturer's war
School Football Safer», I have been in the unique position of having direct, first - hand experience with with all football helmets and helmet impact sensor technology, and of having addressed the issue of whether the addition of such sensors to a football helmet would likely void the NOCSAE certification and manufacturer's w
Football Safer», I have been
in the unique position of having direct, first - hand experience with with all
football helmets and helmet impact sensor technology, and of having addressed the issue of whether the addition of such sensors to a football helmet would likely void the NOCSAE certification and manufacturer's w
football helmets and helmet impact sensor technology, and of having addressed the issue of whether the addition of such sensors to a
football helmet would likely void the NOCSAE certification and manufacturer's w
football helmet would likely void the NOCSAE certification and manufacturer's warranty.
«THE SMARTEST TEAM» begins where other
concussion documentaries leave off, not simply identifying the risks of long - term brain injury
in football but offering youth and
high school programs across the country specific ways to minimize those risks, through a focus on what de Lench calls the «Six Pillars» of a comprehensive
concussion risk management program:
Post-
Concussion Cognitive Declines and Symptomatology Are Not Related To
Concussion Biomechanics
in High School Football Players.
In the end, it all comes back to education: In the ideal world, a parent's decision about whether to allow a child to start playing or continue playing collision sports before high school under current rules of play (which are evolving in the direction of safety, fortunately, as seen, for instance, in USA Hockey's ban on body checking at the Pee Wee hockey level and below, and limits on full - contact practices instituted at every level of football, from Pop Warner, to high school, college, and the NFL), will be a conscious one; a decision in which the risks of participating in a particular sport - provided it is based on the most up - to - date information about those risks and a consideration of other risk factors that might come into play for their child, such as pre-existing learning disabilities (e.g. ADHD), chronic health conditions (e.g., a history of history of multiple concussions or seizures, history of migraines), or a reckless and overly aggressive style of play - are balanced against the benefits to the child of participatin
In the end, it all comes back to education:
In the ideal world, a parent's decision about whether to allow a child to start playing or continue playing collision sports before high school under current rules of play (which are evolving in the direction of safety, fortunately, as seen, for instance, in USA Hockey's ban on body checking at the Pee Wee hockey level and below, and limits on full - contact practices instituted at every level of football, from Pop Warner, to high school, college, and the NFL), will be a conscious one; a decision in which the risks of participating in a particular sport - provided it is based on the most up - to - date information about those risks and a consideration of other risk factors that might come into play for their child, such as pre-existing learning disabilities (e.g. ADHD), chronic health conditions (e.g., a history of history of multiple concussions or seizures, history of migraines), or a reckless and overly aggressive style of play - are balanced against the benefits to the child of participatin
In the ideal world, a parent's decision about whether to allow a child to start playing or continue playing collision sports before
high school under current rules of play (which are evolving
in the direction of safety, fortunately, as seen, for instance, in USA Hockey's ban on body checking at the Pee Wee hockey level and below, and limits on full - contact practices instituted at every level of football, from Pop Warner, to high school, college, and the NFL), will be a conscious one; a decision in which the risks of participating in a particular sport - provided it is based on the most up - to - date information about those risks and a consideration of other risk factors that might come into play for their child, such as pre-existing learning disabilities (e.g. ADHD), chronic health conditions (e.g., a history of history of multiple concussions or seizures, history of migraines), or a reckless and overly aggressive style of play - are balanced against the benefits to the child of participatin
in the direction of safety, fortunately, as seen, for instance,
in USA Hockey's ban on body checking at the Pee Wee hockey level and below, and limits on full - contact practices instituted at every level of football, from Pop Warner, to high school, college, and the NFL), will be a conscious one; a decision in which the risks of participating in a particular sport - provided it is based on the most up - to - date information about those risks and a consideration of other risk factors that might come into play for their child, such as pre-existing learning disabilities (e.g. ADHD), chronic health conditions (e.g., a history of history of multiple concussions or seizures, history of migraines), or a reckless and overly aggressive style of play - are balanced against the benefits to the child of participatin
in USA Hockey's ban on body checking at the Pee Wee hockey level and below, and limits on full - contact practices instituted at every level of
football, from Pop Warner, to
high school, college, and the NFL), will be a conscious one; a decision
in which the risks of participating in a particular sport - provided it is based on the most up - to - date information about those risks and a consideration of other risk factors that might come into play for their child, such as pre-existing learning disabilities (e.g. ADHD), chronic health conditions (e.g., a history of history of multiple concussions or seizures, history of migraines), or a reckless and overly aggressive style of play - are balanced against the benefits to the child of participatin
in which the risks of participating
in a particular sport - provided it is based on the most up - to - date information about those risks and a consideration of other risk factors that might come into play for their child, such as pre-existing learning disabilities (e.g. ADHD), chronic health conditions (e.g., a history of history of multiple concussions or seizures, history of migraines), or a reckless and overly aggressive style of play - are balanced against the benefits to the child of participatin
in a particular sport - provided it is based on the most up - to - date information about those risks and a consideration of other risk factors that might come into play for their child, such as pre-existing learning disabilities (e.g. ADHD), chronic health conditions (e.g., a history of history of multiple
concussions or seizures, history of migraines), or a reckless and overly aggressive style of play - are balanced against the benefits to the child of participating.
I would also like to think that MomsTEAM's continued efforts to educate parents about
concussion risk management and our PBS documentary, «The Smartest Team: Making
High School Football Safer,» which aired on over 300 stations last fall and which will be broadcast on almost all 387 stations
in the fall of 2014, has played a role
in increasing awareness.
There's one word Jordan Sawyer uses to describe his actions after he continued to play
in a
high school football game last fall despite suffering a
concussion.
Make safety training and the teaching of proper tackling mandatory for coaches:
In order to coach youth or high school football a coach should be required to be certified in concussion safety and safe tackling trainin
In order to coach youth or
high school football a coach should be required to be certified
in concussion safety and safe tackling trainin
in concussion safety and safe tackling training.
When I finally had a chance to speak, we were already running over the 2 1/2 hours allotted for the roundtable, so I was only able to briefly touch on two of my many message points: one, that the game can be and is being made safer, and two, that, based on my experience following a
high school football team
in Oklahoma this past season - which will be the subject of a MomsTEAM documentary to be released
in early 2013 called The Smartest Team - I saw the use of hit sensors
in football helmets as offering an exciting technological «end around» the problem of chronic under - reporting of
concussions that continues to plague the sport and remains a major impediment,
in my view, to keeping kids safe (the reasons: if an athlete is allowed to keep playing with a
concussion, studies show that their recovery is likely to take longer, and they are at increased risk of long - term problems (e.g. early dementia, depression, more rapid aging of the brain, and
in rare cases, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and
in extremely rare instances, catastrophic injury or death.)
First featured
in the Institute's long - running PBS documentary, The Smartest Team: Making
High School Football Safer, the Six Pillars ® program, is designed to reduce the risk of
concussions and long - term injury from repetitive head impacts while minimizing the effects of
concussion in young female and male athletes.
Overall, reported
concussions rates are more frequent among
high school athletes than college athletes
in some sports — including
football, men's lacrosse and soccer, and baseball;
higher for competition than practice (except for cheerleading); and
highest in football, ice hockey, lacrosse, wrestling, soccer, and women's basketball.
Among them were the Purdue and Rochester studies of athletes
in high school and college
football [1,8,9,12,13, 31 - 38] and ice hockey, [8] which, as noted above, found subtle changes
in cerebral function
in the absence of
concussion symptoms or clinically measurable cognitive impairment which researchers linked to the volume of head impacts, and a much publicized case - study autopsy of a collegiate
football player, Owen Thomas, with no reported history of
concussions, which revealed early signs of CTE.
Functionally - Detected Cognitive Impairment
in High School Football Players Without Clinically - Diagnosed
Concussion.
Functionally - detected cognitive impairment
in high school football players without clinically diagnosed
concussion.
Based on data showing that, while youth
football players sustained
concussions at about the same rate
in practice and overall as
high school and college athletes, they were injured at a rate 3 to 4 times
higher than older players during games, the UPMC researchers predicted that Pop Warner's new rules «may not only have little effect on reducing on reducing
concussions but may also actually increase the incidence of
concussions in games via reduced time learning proper tackling
in practice.»
Neal Goldman, Brand Manager for Men's Lacrosse at Brine, talks about ways to reduce the risk of
concussion in boy's lacrosse, which, according to a 2011 study1 of U.S.
high schools with at least one athletic trainer on staff, has the third
highest concussion rate (46.6 per 100,000 athletic exposures (1 AE is one athlete participating
in one organized
high school athletic practice or competition, regardless of the amount of time played), behind only
football (76.8) and boys» ice hockey (61.9).
Although scientists have long suspected that RHI caused brain damage, especially
in boxers, a 2010 study of
high school football players by researchers at Purdue University [1,13] was the first to identify a completely unexpected and previously unknown category of players who, though they displayed no clinically - observable signs of
concussion, were found to have measurable impairment of neurocognitive function (primarily visual working memory) on computerized neurocognitive tests, as well as altered activation
in neurophysiologic function on sophisticated brain imaging tests (fMRI).
Using DTI, researchers at Wake Forest found
in a 2014 study [26] that a single season of
high school football can produce changes
in the white matter of the brain of the type previously associated with mTBI
in the absence of a clinical diagnosis of
concussion, and that these impact - related changes
in the brain are strongly associated with a postseason change
in the verbal memory composite score from baseline on the ImPACT neurocognitive test.
NFHS Recommendations and Guidelines for Minimizing Head Impact Exposure and
Concussion Risk
in Football (National Federation of State
High School Associations)
November 4, 2011 — As the
high school football season heads into the playoff stretch and upcoming winter sports season begins The Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers» Society (PATS), announced today that it has partnered with Sport Safety International; a medical consulting firm that specializes
in providing expert advice
in the area of sport safety and injury prevention, to help introduce «
Concussion Wise ™» an online concussion education program designed for athletic trainers, coaches, parents, athletes and other health care prof
Concussion Wise ™» an online
concussion education program designed for athletic trainers, coaches, parents, athletes and other health care prof
concussion education program designed for athletic trainers, coaches, parents, athletes and other health care professionals.
August 4, 2011 — As the
high school football season gets underway this week
in Florida, the Athletic Trainers» Association of Florida (ATAF) announced today it has forged a relationship with Sport Safety International; a medical consulting firm that specializes
in providing expert advice
in the area of sport safety and injury prevention, to help introduce «
Concussion Wise ™» an online concussion education program designed for athletic trainers, coaches, parents, athletes and other health care prof
Concussion Wise ™» an online
concussion education program designed for athletic trainers, coaches, parents, athletes and other health care prof
concussion education program designed for athletic trainers, coaches, parents, athletes and other health care professionals.
Under their request, the NCAA and NFHS would certify the
concussion management plan
in order for
high schools to remain a member of the state organizations that form the NFHS, and for
high school football players to be eligible to play
in the NCAA.
Despite an increase
in media attention, as well as national and local efforts to educate athletes on the potential dangers of traumatic brain injuries, a new study found that many
high school football players are not concerned about the long - term effects of
concussions and don't report their own
concussion symptoms because they fear exclusion from play.
High school athletes still suffer far more serious head injuries playing football and ice hockey than soccer, according to a study by RIO, which tracks concussion rates in high school spo
High school athletes still suffer far more serious head injuries playing
football and ice hockey than soccer, according to a study by RIO, which tracks
concussion rates
in high school spo
high school sports.
INDIANAPOLIS,
IN (November 13, 2014)-- The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) has finalized its position paper from the NFHS Concussion Summit Task Force, which met in July to develop recommendations for minimizing the risk of concussions and head impact exposure in high school footbal
IN (November 13, 2014)-- The National Federation of State
High School Associations (NFHS) has finalized its position paper from the NFHS Concussion Summit Task Force, which met in July to develop recommendations for minimizing the risk of concussions and head impact exposure in high school footb
High School Associations (NFHS) has finalized its position paper from the NFHS Concussion Summit Task Force, which met in July to develop recommendations for minimizing the risk of concussions and head impact exposure in high school foo
School Associations (NFHS) has finalized its position paper from the NFHS
Concussion Summit Task Force, which met
in July to develop recommendations for minimizing the risk of concussions and head impact exposure in high school footbal
in July to develop recommendations for minimizing the risk of
concussions and head impact exposure
in high school footbal
in high school footb
high school foo
school football.
It includes the work of youth sports expert and author Brooke de Lench (who lives
in Concord) as she tries to reduce the
concussion rate
in a
football program at an Oklahoma
high school.
A recent study of
high school sports revealed that the
concussion rate
in boys» ice hockey (5.4 per 10000 AEs) was second only to
football (6.4 per 10000 AEs); however,
concussions accounted for a greater proportion of total injures
in boys» ice hockey (22.2 %) than any of the other 20 sports, with 30 % of the
concussions in ice hockey resulting from a player being body checked.
In original stories that aired in February, local high school coaches, trainers and sporting goods dealers talked about a Virginia Tech study that indicates certain football helmets may cut concussion risk
In original stories that aired
in February, local high school coaches, trainers and sporting goods dealers talked about a Virginia Tech study that indicates certain football helmets may cut concussion risk
in February, local
high school coaches, trainers and sporting goods dealers talked about a Virginia Tech study that indicates certain
football helmets may cut
concussion risks.
There also is additional independent research that underscores Heads Up
Football's efficacy
in reducing
concussions at the
high school level:
In addition to founding MomsTEAM.com, de Lench is the author of Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports and producer of the documentary The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer, a concussion solutions documentary that will air onPBS stations across the country this fal
In addition to founding MomsTEAM.com, de Lench is the author of Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers
in Youth Sports and producer of the documentary The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer, a concussion solutions documentary that will air onPBS stations across the country this fal
in Youth Sports and producer of the documentary The Smartest Team: Making
High School Football Safer, a
concussion solutions documentary that will air onPBS stations across the country this fall.
Many interscholastic athletes, particularly
high school football players, are likely to incur
concussions while participating
in a sport (McCrea, Hammeke, Olsen, Leo, & Guskiewicz, 2004).
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana could soon become the first state to require
high school football coaches to take part
in a player safety and
concussion - training course.
The Smartest Team begins where other
concussion documentaries leave off, not simply identifying the risks of long - term brain injury
in football but offering youth and
high school programs across the country specific ways to minimize those risks, through a focus on what de Lench calls the «Six PillarsTM» of a comprehensive
concussion risk management program:
Produced and directed by visionary youth sports parenting expert and author, Brooke de Lench, and drawing both on her experience as a parent of a concussed
high school football and lacrosse player and as the founder and publisher of MomsTEAM.com ®, the acknowledged «pioneer»
in youth sports
concussion education, «The Smartest Team» documents how de Lench worked with a
high school in Newcastle, Oklahoma to address the challenges
concussions pose
in football.
Through candid interviews of parents, players, the Newcastle
High athletic trainer and team doctor, equipment manufacturers, and leading concussion experts, «The Smartest Team» acknowledges the serious challenge concussions pose while showing in easy - to - understand terms how high school football programs can improve player safety
High athletic trainer and team doctor, equipment manufacturers, and leading
concussion experts, «The Smartest Team» acknowledges the serious challenge
concussions pose while showing
in easy - to - understand terms how
high school football programs can improve player safety
high school football programs can improve player safety by:
Produced and directed by visionary youth sports parenting expert and author, Brooke de Lench, and drawing both on her experience as a parent of a concussed
high school football and lacrosse player and as the founder and publisher of MomsTEAM.com ®, the acknowledged «pioneer»
in youth sports
concussion education, «The Smartest Team» documents how de Lench worked with a
high school in rural Oklahoma to address the challenges
concussions pose
in football.
Ryan, who played
football and rugby
in high school, said he didn't know if he would go back and play
football again knowing about the effects of
concussions on long - term health.
The first
concussion came playing
football in high school, the second playing the game at Annapolis, and a third playing rugby.
Of the 1.2 million
high school football players
in the U.S., as many as 5.6 percent experience a
concussion during the season, according to research by Kevin Guskiewicz, chairman of U.N.C.'s Department of Exercise and Sport Science.
Casper's motivation came from his son, who sustained three
concussions playing
football in high school and college.