Sentences with phrase «effects on concussions»

Researchers studying the effects on concussions on athletes hope the new film Concussion will raise awareness about the effects of head trauma on the brain.

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The well - publicized lawsuits by former players against the N.F.L., the suicide of Junior Seau, a «Chicken Little - sky is falling» mentality by some prominent concussion experts and former athletes, some of whom suggest that the sport is simply too dangerous to be played at all at the youth level, and continuing research on the short - and long - term effects of concussion on cognitive function and brain health, have created a pretty toxic environment for the sport.

Here you will find articles about information on the latest research about the long - term effects of concussion on an athlete's cognitive function, articles on whether the new state concussion safety laws are increasing concussion safety, advice on the academic accomodations concussed student - athletes often need when they return to the classroom, and about the latest in concussion research.

A straightforward, elegantly written, concise, and well - organized 215 pages, Back in the Game stands out in a crowded field, not just as a primer on concussions for a parent, coach, or athletes, but for its incisive and often pointed criticism of the way our national conversation about concussions and the long - term effects of playing contact and collision sports has been shaped - some would say warped - by a media that too often eschews fact - based reporting in favor of sensationalism and fear - mongering.

Not only is it based on the latest thinking in the rapidly evolving field of concussion evaluation and management and make concussion terminology easy to understand, but, in explaining the short - term and long - term effects of concussion and the concussion management process, Dr. Meehan arms sports parents with all the information they need in making informed choices about treatment and when it is safe for their child to return to the playing field.

On July 28, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed a law protecting elementary to high school students from the potential severe effects of concussions.

On the one hand, there appears to be a growing body of research suggesting that playing contact or collision sports for a long period of time likely has, at least for some unknown percentage of athletes, serious adverse health consequences, not just from concussions but from the cumulative effect of sub-concussive blows to the head, blows which athletes in youth football, lacrosse, and, until recently, hockey, suffer on an almost constant basis in both games and practiceOn the one hand, there appears to be a growing body of research suggesting that playing contact or collision sports for a long period of time likely has, at least for some unknown percentage of athletes, serious adverse health consequences, not just from concussions but from the cumulative effect of sub-concussive blows to the head, blows which athletes in youth football, lacrosse, and, until recently, hockey, suffer on an almost constant basis in both games and practiceon an almost constant basis in both games and practices.

Note that my focus was on second impact syndrome and the effect of multiple concussions.

Researchers from the Hockey Concussion Education Project, an independent collaboration of specialists from Canada and the United States, examined the effects of concussions on 45 male and female Canadian university hockey players through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) analyses done on players before, during and after a single hockey season.

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.»

Finding a way to reconcile two competing demands - minimizing contact in practice in order to reduce the number of concussions sustained and the number of hits players sustain over the course of a week and a season that emerging science, now more than ever, suggests may have a deleterious cumulative effect [26] on a player's cognitive function over the long term, while at the same time maximizing the amount of time in practice learning how to tackle and block without head - to - head contact - time that is needed to maximize the protective effect of proper tackling on the number of head - to - head hits players sustain in game action, which can not only result in concussion, but catastrophic neck and spine injuries - is challenging, but clearly not impossible.

I also was invited the Institute of Medicine present to them on the effects of concussions on youth athletes and their families.

The articles, «The Effect of Coach Education on Reporting of Concussions Among High School Athletes After Passage of a Concussion Law» and «Implementation of Concussion Legislation and Extent of Concussion education for Athletes, Parents, and Coaches in Washington State,» are available online through the journal: http://ajs.sagepub.com/.

The U.S. National Institutes of Health is teaming up with the National Football League on research into the long - term effects of repeated head injuries and improving concussion diagnosis.

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.

Over the past few years, researchers have started to study in depth the effects of concussions on the victims» brains.

All of the negative stories that are now appearing about the health hazards relating to concussions could have a major effect on youth football here and nationally.

On the heels of the Concussion Management and Awareness Act going into effect in New York State on July 1, and the concurrent release of the NYS Education Department compliance guidelines, the President of the National Athletic Trainers» Association stressed the value of the athletic trainer in being the premier health care provider for student - athletes and the integral role that they play in concussion management when he spoke recently in Syracuse, N.On the heels of the Concussion Management and Awareness Act going into effect in New York State on July 1, and the concurrent release of the NYS Education Department compliance guidelines, the President of the National Athletic Trainers» Association stressed the value of the athletic trainer in being the premier health care provider for student - athletes and the integral role that they play in concussion management when he spoke recently in SyraConcussion Management and Awareness Act going into effect in New York State on July 1, and the concurrent release of the NYS Education Department compliance guidelines, the President of the National Athletic Trainers» Association stressed the value of the athletic trainer in being the premier health care provider for student - athletes and the integral role that they play in concussion management when he spoke recently in Syracuse, N.on July 1, and the concurrent release of the NYS Education Department compliance guidelines, the President of the National Athletic Trainers» Association stressed the value of the athletic trainer in being the premier health care provider for student - athletes and the integral role that they play in concussion management when he spoke recently in Syraconcussion management when he spoke recently in Syracuse, N.Y.

The plan was unanimously approved by the city council and the Norwalk Concussion Guidelines took effect on April 15, 2015, covering the over 6,000 youth players and 800 coaches who were not covered by the state's concussion law due to a legalConcussion Guidelines took effect on April 15, 2015, covering the over 6,000 youth players and 800 coaches who were not covered by the state's concussion law due to a legalconcussion law due to a legal loophole.

More attention than ever is now being paid to the effects of head injuries and concussions, on both the professional and youth levels.

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.

According to Dr. Kontos, «Limiting contact practice in youth football may not only have little effect on reducing concussions, but may instead actually increase the incidence of concussions in games via reduced time learning proper tackling in practice.»

A recent study from the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital done in conjunction with researchers from Colorado School of Public Health at the University at Colorado and Temple University used data from a large, national sports injury surveillance system to determine the effect of state - level TBI laws on trends of new and recurrent concussions among US high school athletes.

«This could be organized similarly to the NFL investigations on the effects of concussions and traumatic brain injuries,» Matthews said.

... Larger studies with hormonal assessments and long - term follow - up are needed to better understand the effect of concussion on the HPO axis and potential implications for menstrual patterns, estrogen production and any persistent consequences,» the article concludes.

Co-author Dr. Bennet Omalu, who originally described CTE as depicted in the movie Concussion featuring Will Smith, added, «What our current work is doing in addition to other imaging modalities builds the foundation between identifying the negative effects of head trauma on the brain while the patient is still alive so that we can intervene with better treatments.»

Concussion: Examining the Effect of Neuronal Oxidative Stress on the Pathophysiology of Brain and Blood Brain Barrier Cells.

«We were interested in the effect of concussion on working memory immediately following injury and after one week of recovery,» explained Glenn Wylie, DPhil, associate director of the Rocco Ortenzio Neuroimaging Center at Kessler Foundation.

Athletes from the professional to the youth levels share their personal struggles in dealing with the devastating and long - term effects of concussions, an epidemic fueled by the «leave everything on the field» culture so prominent in American sport.

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