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calculated for each ImPACT, SCAT-2, SCAT-3, Military Acute Concussion Evaluation(MACE). The variable of the test for all athletes is included in the analysis for each assessment. Each test had a protocol for comparing the test answers. The impact post-concussion cognitive scores were compared with preseason results of the evaluation to determine changes in performance. MACE shows the effect of the brain see if the concussion is still there. SCAT2 consists of three primary indexes of a…

Tracy was a high school basketball player that had a head on collision with another player in a basketball game. She went to school the next day and never told anybody about her symptoms of nausea, lightheadedness and blurred vision. Tracy knew that if she told her coach that she had a concussion she wouldn’t be able to play in the next game. So she kept silent and didn’t tell the coach or the athletic trainer about having a concussion. Tracy ended up passing out in the locker room after the…

Along with fracturing identity and preserving disorganized and incomprehensible memory flashes of the causal event, trauma breaks the life-narrative of the person, a large part of their loss of identity. The same type of narrative break also applies to communal trauma. A horrific event seems to stop time, severing the pre-trauma past from the present, which only ticks forward on clocks and calendars. The trauma survivor keeps returning to the moment of disruption, replaying the flashes and,…

A student athlete has to worry about many things, especially about their own health after a sports injury. More than 300,000 sports related concussions throughout the year in the United States, for any type of athlete. But Fred Theye also mentions that "high school athletes are more vulnerable to concussions than older students and may take longer to recover". If a student athlete sits out for the prescribed amount of time after their concussion, it will balance their recovery time and make it…

It is the fourth quarter, and the team needs to make a stop. The right inside linebacker makes the tackle but he never gets up, he never walks or sees ever again. This is what happened to Matthew Gfeller, who died two days after getting a concussion from a head to head collision. Scientists have focused on making sports safer. Increased awareness and research about concussions have helped to identify and diagnose concussions. People know what a concussion is but most people have no idea how…

delayed responsiveness and the person finds it difficult to be alert and pay attention. The various states of consciousness include coma, vegetative state, and minimally conscious state, locked in syndrome and brain dead state. • Seizures as result of post traumatic epilepsy • Swelling due to accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid • Infections • Damage of blood vessels • Nerve damage -Changes in cognitive functioning • Attention or concentration • Speed of mental processing • Perception • Memory…

Following the end of World War II, peace was on the mind of many of the world’s citizens. It was clear that stubborn positions of nationalism had not only feed the beast that was Nazis Germany, but had also prevented capable, neighboring powers in Europe from coming together quickly enough to halt the blitz early on. European economies, militaries, and citizens were left horribly ravished, displaced and war-torn. Only an astonishing 20 years had passed between the end of the First World War and…

Osteoarthritis Primary OA of the elbow is a relatively rare condition that comprises only 1% to 2% of patients with elbow arthritis.8 Primary OA of the elbow is a disease that is almost exclusive to males, and has a strong association with strenuous use of the arm in activities ranging from weight lifting to operating heavy machinery. In 1936, Rostock9 reported a nearly 33% incidence of primary OA in a large population of coal miners. Similarly, Stanley10 and Sakakibara and coworkers11 also…

After the Civil War ended, 15 years later moving to the west is a good idea. Due to economic conditions, in terms of jobs, working as a farmer would be the most reasonable with good profit as well. Considering all the criteria to be a farmer isn’t that hard, simply growing crops and selling isn’t as tough as being a miner or cowboy (more work). Being a farmer at the time has its benefits alongside its difficulties. There were quite the benefits after the Civil War that helped farmers such as…

Assessment: The patient has developed painful post traumatic arthritis to the left ankle. She has large osteophytes to the anterior ankle joint causing impingement and pain with active range of motion. The left ankle fracture is well healed by x-ray evaluation. The most likely diagnosis is post-traumatic osteoarthritis after an open fracture dislocation of the left ankle 20 years ago. In a fracture dislocation of the ankle, the exposed cartilage can be disrupted and lead to osteoarthritis. In…