News tagged with concussion
Related topics: head injuries , traumatic brain injury , canadian medical association journal , sports medicine
Concussed triathlete back to winning races with help of new treatment protocol
(Medical Xpress) -- Former Olympian Jarrod Shoemaker was in the middle of the swimming portion of a triathlon in Hamburg, Germany, when the swimmer in front of him accidentally kicked him in the face. Shoemaker finished the ...
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Dec 09, 2011 |
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Concussion testing makes everyone tired
Testing athletes for concussions may induce mental fatigue in subjects whether or not they have a head injury, according to Penn State researchers.
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Dec 06, 2011 |
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Routine head hits in school sports may cause brain injury
The brain scans of high school football and hockey players showed subtle injury -- even if they did not suffer a concussion – after taking routine hits to the head during the normal course of play, according to a University ...
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Nov 14, 2011 |
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NY to require benching students with concussions
(AP) -- Starting next year, a new law in New York says student athletes suspected of suffering concussions should be immediately removed from games.
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Sep 30, 2011 |
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Lawmakers: CDC to have student concussion protocol
(AP) -- As awareness continues to grow about sports-related concussions among student athletes, two New Jersey lawmakers say it's time for schools to start following nationwide protocols governing such injuries.
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Sep 28, 2011 |
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Visual test effective in diagnosing concussions in collegiate athletes
A sideline visual test effectively detected concussions in collegiate athletes, according to a team of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Concussed athletes scored an average ...
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Aug 31, 2011 |
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Brain autopsies of four former football players reveal not all get chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Preliminary results from the first four brains donated to the Canadian Sports Concussion Project at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre, TorontoWesternHospital, reveal that two of the four former Canadian Football League (CFL) ...
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Jul 26, 2011 |
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Breakthrough: Real-time data recorded on football player captures impact that caused broken neck
(PhysOrg.com) -- While studying concussions in a high school football team, researchers captured the impact of an 18-year-old player who broke his neck during a head-down tackle in real-time.
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Jul 20, 2011 |
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Concussion baseline important for accurate future assessment in at-risk youth athletes
Creating a baseline for each youth athlete is a critical part of accurate future concussion assessment, according to researchers presenting their study at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting ...
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Jul 07, 2011 |
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No injury spike in Bantam bodychecking
A new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal by University of Calgary Faculty of Kinesiology researcher Dr. Carolyn Emery and colleagues has shown that when bodychecking is introduced into Bantam ice ho ...
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Jun 20, 2011 |
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Reducing lifelong disability from sports injuries in children
To protect children from lifelong injuries in sports, we need a public health approach similar to that mounted against smoking and drunk driving, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
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Jun 20, 2011 |
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People who have had head injuries report more violent behavior
(PhysOrg.com) -- Young people who have sustained a head injury during their lifetime are more likely to engage in violent behavior, according to an eight-year study from the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
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Jun 02, 2011 |
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Does baseline concussion testing really reduce risks to athletes?
Baseline concussion tests given to hundreds of thousands of athletes might, paradoxically, increase risks in some cases, according to a Loyola University Health System researcher.
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Jun 01, 2011 |
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Researchers evaluate red wine compound for treating concussions in pro boxers
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers are engaging the help of professional boxers and trainers to study whether a component in red wine and grapes could help reduce the short- and long-term effects of concussions.
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May 26, 2011 |
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Standardized concussion-assessment gets hockey players healthily back on the ice
As the chase for the 2011 Stanley Cup heads to the finish, several players are off the ice suffering from concussion, an injury all too common in this contact sport.
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May 20, 2011 |
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