Sentences with phrase «only signs of concussions»

In this forum would be lucky to show only signs of concussions.

Not exact matches

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.

My experience with the Newcastle football team in Oklahoma leads me to believe that, as long as impact sensors are strictly used for the limited purpose of providing real - time impact data to qualified sideline personnel, not to diagnose concussions, not as the sole determining factor in making remove - from - play decisions, and not to replace the necessity for observers on the sports sideline trained in recognizing the signs of concussion and in conducting a sideline screening for concussion using one or more sideline assessment tests for concussion (e.g. SCAT3, balance, King - Devick, Maddocks questions, SAC)(preferably by a certified athletic trainer and / or team physician), and long as data on the number, force, and direction of impacts is only made available for use by coaches and athletic trainers in a position to use such information to adjust an athlete's blocking or tackling tec hnique (and not for indiscriminate use by those, such as parents, who are not in a position to make intelligent use of the data), they represent a valuable addition to a program's concussion toolbox and as a tool to minimize repetitive head impacts.

Depending on athletes to admit to experiencing concussion symptoms doesn't work due to chronic under - reporting.1 Likewise, studies show that coaches and athletic trainers can't be counted on to reliably identify athletes exhibiting signs of possible concussion for screening on the sports sidelines, especially since only 5 to 10 % of concussions involve a loss of consciousness and the onset of concussions symptoms is often delayed, especially in younger athletes.

In fact, 94 percent of the parents surveyed reported it was very important for parents and coaches to know the signs and symptoms of concussion, but only a staggering 29 percent said they were totally confident in the ability of themselves and their child's coach to recognize those signs and symptoms.