Methods: Subjects: The study conducted an analysis of effects of sport-related concussion over the years for athletes. The study was approved by the University Review Board. The research was performed with a total of 120 participants of each division of College athletics. The study was carried out on groups with about 45 concussed symptomatic athletes, 45 concussed asymptomatic athletes and 45 non-concussed control athletes.…
As we know concussions in youth have and will continue to impact sports and the health of who play sports. This impacts sports and people because there is physical damage happening to the person who is playing said sport, there are also factors in gender that affect concussions, and for the sport itself, people who once enjoy watching or playing their sport, are now not following on said sport or telling their kids not to play that sport or to pick a different sport, because the risk of concussion is quite high, so asking there kid feels like the best option. Gender Affecting Concussions? Gender playing a role in concussions!? Hah!…
Concussion is an injury associated with sports and is most often identified with football, ice hockey, boxing and martial arts. There is different levels of concussion or traumatic brain injury (TBI), including mild, moderate, and severe. Large numbers of athletes participate in these sports; youth, high school, collegiate, professional. Concussion is an injury that results from a wide variety of mechanisms and ages, levels ranging from a simple daze to the inability of doing daily activities. According to Dr. David T. Bernhardt, Director of Adolescent and Sports Medicine Fellowship, concussion is defined as “a condition in which there is a traumatically induced alteration in mental status, with or without an associated loss of consciousness”…
A concussion is a serious brain injury that is caused by a hit to the body or head that shakes the brain. A concussion can cause cuts or bruises to the head and face but there are no visible signs of a concussion. Some people think getting concussions you have to pass out, but people can get concussions by not passing out. Obvious signs of a concussion is passing out or fainting and forgetting what happened right before the injury. In cases of severe concussions it lasts longer than normal concussions and it can affect how you speak, move and learn.…
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A concussion is a disease that affects the brain from a dramatic force towards the head, which causes the brain to move around in the skull. Many times the brain hits the skull, which leads to a bruise and thus bleeding. In addition, a concussion can cause people to suffer memory loss, headaches, nausea, and bad balance, etc. Most concussions are ranked as mild, because concussions cannot be life threatening. Because of the continuing brain growth, younger people hold more risk whenever obtaining a concussion.…
Concussions can also occur from a fall or a hit to the upper body that…
Even though still poorly understood, the condition of a concussion was formally identified over a millennium ago (Carroll and Rosner 11). A concussion is caused by a bump, blow, or hit to the head that causes the head and the brain to move rapidly back and forth, consequently bruising the brain. Recently, we found out that we could traumatically our brains with repeated hard hits to the head in sports. The reason we didn’t see the damage that was happening was because concussions are almost invisible. Concussions happen in many sports including football, soccer, rugby, hockey, and even cheerleading.…
Often times concussions are followed by frequent headaches or dizziness and fatigue. The second level of brain injuries is called contusions. This is the middle level of brain injuries. These usually come with a mild brain injury. Contusions can cause something called a hematoma.…
The symptoms of concussion include loss of consciousness, dizziness, memory loss, convulsions and nausea. Suffering concussions can also lead to the degenerative disease of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) which has the same associative symptoms of concussions but it eventually leads to progressive dementia. While active symptoms make it easier to diagnosis concussion, concussions without symptoms (mild concussions) present a problem and they often go undiagnosed. Therefore, it is imperative that all concussions are treated in the same manner to reduce the likelihood of short-term and long-term consequences of…
Concussion injury rates are growing rapidly, and no one seems to know how to stop the growth. Most athletes that participate in contact sports are bound to get at least one concussion in their career. A concussion is caused by a sudden blow or jolt to the head or body, a fall, or another injury that jars or shakes the brain inside the skull ("Concussion: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention"). Despite the fact that concussions usually do not show visible signs of traumatic brain injury, more commonly known as TBI’s, they are still very dangerous and should be taken seriously (“Concussion: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention”). Most people do not realize the effects that concussions have on athletes and what to do if they have one.…
“It is only recently that we have understood traumatic brain injuries, the helmets that we are using today were not designed to protect the brain, they are designed to protect the skull fracture”(University Study). People everywhere around the world are receiving concussions everyday for everyday activities or participating in a sport. A concussion is a temporary unconsciousness caused by a blow to the head. The term is also used loosely of the aftereffects such as confusion or temporary incapacity. The best way to describe a concussion is like Jell-O, you bang it and the Jell-O wiggles away, it is not smashing against the side of the skull but either chemically or receptor wise, things start falling out of place(Guy Gugliotta).…
Some injuries may even cause mental pain. The factor that sets concussions apart from these other injuries, is how all three of these difficulties come together to form the F5 tornado of lasting impacts. The brain will always be needed in order for one to work, play, and continue living life. During a concussion the part of the brain impacted will not function properly. When one loses the mental abilities to comprehend the surrounding world, one also loses the physical abilities to react to the world around you.…
There is one such contact sport injury that can be more severe than many other sports-related injuries. What is the culprit? It is a concussion. Concussions are usually caused by a hard hit to the head that causes the brain to shake inside of the skull. A concussion can be a very serious brain injury that can possibly keep a player out of the game for weeks.…
For a very long time, concussions have haunted all levels of the game of football. And for the most part, those injuries have been overlooked. A concussion can be defined as a collision between a person’s head, and another surface (Miller). Concussions can be found not only be found in the game of football, but also in car accidents and other falls. According to The McGeorge Law Review “A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that occurs when the head or body receives a blow that causes the brain to accelerate and decelerate quickly in the skull.”…