Not exact matches
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.
As Larry Leverenz, Ph.D, ATC, a co-author
of the groundbreaking 2010 study (4) that was the
first to identify such athletes noted, because such athletes have not suffered damage to areas
of the brain associated with language and auditory processing, they are unlikely to exhibit clinical
signs of head injury (such as headache or dizziness), or show impairment on sideline assessment for
concussion, all
of which test for verbal, not visual memory.
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).
Legislators there passed a law, which took effect in 2011, that requires coaches to undergo training to recognize
concussions and mandates the immediate removal from a game
of any player at the
first sign of dizziness or confusion.
The goal is to provide basic
first aid instruction and to help coaches recognize
signs of head injury or
concussion.