Sentences with phrase «many subconcussive»

As the mother of triplet sons, one of whom was forced by a history of concussions to stop playing football before his junior year of high school, educating the public about concussions and the cumulative effect of subconcussive head impacts is something about which I care passionately and to which I have been deeply committed for the past sixteen years.

Talavage said that, when one of the offensive lineman who was found to have been functionally impaired after sustaining a high number of subconcussive blows - impairment which persisted beyond the season - decided to change his technique, he experienced a drastic reduction in the number of blows he sustained to the top front of his head and a moderate reduction in the total number of helmet hits.

My reaction was one of sadness, frustration, and worry: sadness that a young athlete simply assumed that he had CTE as a result of a single concussion and considered it to be a death sentence; frustration that, despite concerted efforts by researchers and clinicians, along with some in the media, to set the record straight on CTE, the prevailing media narrative continues to be that concussions or repetitive subconcussive blows «cause» chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), that CTE «causes» former athletes to commit suicide, and that such causal links are proven scientific fact (they're not); and, finally, worry: concern about the consequences of the football = CTE and CTE = suicide memes in the real world.

Not only was that assertion completely at odds with the uncertain state of the existing science, but it was contradicted by the study itself, in which Dr. McKee and her colleagues acknowledged that several other factors, besides prior participation in football, may influence CTE risk and disease severity, including factors other than cumulative hits to the head, and admitted that it was even «unclear» what roles concussions and repetitive subconcussive hits play in CTE risk, disease severity, and progression.

A number of top concussion researchers also believe that real - time monitoring of impacts could help reduce the total amount of brain trauma from repeated subconcussive blows by identifying athletes sustaining a large number of such hits due to improper blocking or tackling technique.

The number of scientists and clinicians who have called over the last several years for more accurate reporting by the media on concussions and CTE, criticized the reporting of strongly presented causal assumptions relating to concussive and subconcussive brain impact exposure as «scientifically premature,» and highlighted the negative real world consequences to such one - sided reporting, has grown to consensus proportions, but have largely flown beneath the media's radar.

Talavage said that when one of the offensive lineman who was found to have suffered cognitive impairment after sustaining a high number of subconcussive blows (impairment that persisted beyond the season) decided to change his technique, he experienced a drastic reduction in the number of blows to the top front of his head and a moderate reduction in the total number of blows.

The authors called for additional study to provide proof of neuropsychological consequences of subconcussive soccer - related head injuries.

I wasn't talking then about total head trauma - a concept popularized by MomsTEAM's concussion expert emeritus, Dr. Robert Cantu - or discussing the effect of repetitive subconcussive hits, or what is now commonly being referred to repetitive head impacts, or RHI.

Attorneys representing all current and former NCAA student - athletes announced date changes made by the court, affecting the concussions settlement that will provide a 50 - year medical - monitoring program for student - athletes to screen for post-concussion syndrome and early - onset neurodegenerative disease that may have resulted from concussions or the accumulation of subconcussive hits while playing NCAA sports.

An August 2015 editiorial in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, [41] said that autopsy studies - many conducted in Boston at the Center for the Study of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy - and a study reporting that retired NFL players who began playing football before age 12 demonstrated greater levels of cognitive impairment in their 40s - 60s than those who started later, [40] «raises concern that an accumulation of undiagnosed subconcussive head trauma may lead to (or be a leading factor) for CTE.»

Detecting neurocognitive & neurophysiological changes as a result of subconcussive blows in high school football athletes.

These studies could teach us more about why and how concussions tend to occur, as well as how subconcussive blows — a hit to the head that doesn't result in a concussion — affect an athlete over a long period of time.

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.

People with mild concussions can display no symptoms despite damage to the brain, and development of CTE is the cumulation of many subconcussive impacts to the brain.

«We are not sure whether this indicates differences among individuals in symptoms - reporting or subconcussive effects of primary blast.

But not all of these persons had a history of concussion and this suggests that undiagnosed subconcussive blows may also contribute to CTE, they explain, and call for more research into how the condition develops and to determine other risk factors.

While more research is needed, senior author Nicholas Port said the findings contribute important information to research on subconcussive blows — or «microconcussions» — that are common in sports such as football, soccer, ice hockey, snowboarding and skiing.

CTE has been found in amateur and professional athletes, members of the military and others who experienced repeated head injuries, including concussions and subconcussive trauma.

But scientists have worried that cumulative damage from heading's repeated subconcussive impacts might be clinically significant.

We believe this stalk is damaged during repeated head traumas and even subconcussive impacts.

The brains of football players, left, showed significantly higher areas of activation when presented a visual task compared to the brains of cross-country runners, right, who are not typically exposed to subconcussive blows to the head.