Focal and diffuse brain injury

An ACL injury is amongst the common, if not the most common injury in the world of sports. An ACL tear is the torn anterior cruciate ligament in the knee, being the cause of over 200,000 injuries each year. In spite of being common in the world of sports, there are many other ways to acquire this injury. In light of all the horror stories stereotyped by this injury, there are many ways to prevent its occurrence. In addition to treatment available for those subjected to a torn ACL, there is…

INTRODUCTION Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a form of dementia that affects the brain and is most common in older age adults. People with AD most commonly experience symptoms such as an inability to complete activities of daily living (ADL’s) independently while also exhibiting signs of mental decline, most likely due to loss in brain mass associated with the progression of AD (Vreugdenhil, Cannell, Davies, & Razay, 2011). As prevalence of AD increases along with the cost of healthcare, new…

competitor. In this video, I will give you a few strategies I utilize so you can learn ideally so better approaches to enable your competitors to move beyond the football dread of disappointment. The lesson of football brain research here isn't to encircle yourself with brain science in football trusting that one would thump some boldness or assurance or resolve into you. Those qualities exist inside you. Football was based on being a raving success mouth wear. It's not a combatant game, we're…

The NFL Versus The Brain Throughout the United States the issue with children most prominently found is childhood obesity and the terrifying results of poor eating and exercise habits. Thanks to recent scientific studies the results of playing football, especially in the NFL, has shown the damage caused by head-to-head contact resulting in multiple concussions and even CTE, or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. This all starts in peewee or pop warner football throughout the United States. These…

There is no denying that every time an athlete suits and plays a football game, it comes with the risk of sustaining an injury. And of all the potential injuries one can encounter, concussions are the main ones that have been brought out into the limelight in recent years. With all the new attention on concussions and the possible future effects it can have on a person, it is natural to be hesitant when allowing a child to participate in youth football. However, there are many benefits that…

In researching this topic, the question to weigh is whether or not the severity of the injury warrants the use of a CT scan as these machines produces small doses of ionized radiation. As CT scanning has been the de facto standard for identifying a significant injury to a person’s head is nothing to ignore. More often than needed, CT scans will be used as a readily and rapidly available tool to assist doctors instead of human observation alone. That being said, this study performed an analysis…

Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) and football. The NFL has been one of the United States leading representations in our cultures masculine ideologies. This men’s club view point of get back up and go back in, injuries be damned mentality, has allowed the NFL to keep the correlation of football head injuries mental health disease under wraps. If we look at this through a sociological lens, we would look at the role of social recognition has played in the idea that they can become wealthy, and…

“Smack!” Your head hits the ground after a hard tackle to the ground. You get up, and you can’t see straight and go back down. The chance of having long-term brain injury from that are likely, and could change your life. A concussion can be caused by a blow to the head. 1 Your head hitting the ground hard will probably cause a concussion. Hitting your head from a tackle is one of the many causes of a concussion in sports like football, soccer, boxing, hockey, and basketball. Protective…

Over a 9 year span, the number of people younger than 22 who are treated in emergency rooms for concussions has increased by 100,000 (Injuries in youth, 2016). The steep rise in concussion diagnoses in the United States has prompted state legislation. Washington state's "Shake It Off Law," passed in 2009, was the first in the country to require medical clearance of youth athletes before they can return to the field for practice or a game after any indication of head trauma. The other 49 states…

Methods To acquire the information that's needed for this report, we broke down the our research into three questions 1. What were the risks and threatening head injuries in football? 2. Do high school athletes know what concussions or CTE? 3. What ways can we reduce head injuries I. Is there a type of helmet strong enough to protect the head? II. Are there any training on identifying symptoms of concussions or CTE? III. Could applying it into the classroom help students? IV. Is there a…