Sport-related concussion

Concussions, athletes in nearly every sport has most likely received one. Football, hockey players, and boxers usually can recognize a mild concussion by what they call “Seeing lights,” or “Hearing bells.” Even though there are estimated nearly 250,000 concussions that occur each year in football, concussions also happen frequently in basketball, gymnastics, and even baseball. So it is important to understand what a concussion is and how we can determine the severity of a concussion.…

Concussion Definition: 1. Temporary unconsciousness caused by a blow to the head. The term is also used loosely of the after affects such as confusion or temporarily incapacity. Anatomy examples: MOI: A direct impact to the heads is by far the most common mechanism of encountering a concussion. Signs and Symptoms: Symptoms that could be experienced Memory problems Confusion Drowsiness or feeling sluggish Dizziness Double vision or blurred vision Headache Nausea or vomititing Sensitivity…

can lead to endless cycles of retribution, with players waiting several games to exact revenge on an opponent.” Gillis, (2009) this example happened back in 2002. Marcus Nasuland the star of the Vancouver Canucks got knocked out of the game with a concussion, from a dirty hit from Steve Moore a forward for the Colorado Avalanche. The next time these teams played was three weeks later. In that game late in the third period Todd Burtuzzi a forward for the Canucks chased down Moore punched him in…

Football can make you or break you, it can get you a scholar ship, or build your character, or it can leave you seriously injured or give you a concussion or even brain damage. This sport has helped some people become stars but it has also given some people serious brain injuries, especially young adolescents such as high schoolers. The info graph says 100,000 high school players are concussed per year. This can interfere with the students’ performance at school since so many students are being…

reducing concussions of High School contact sports such as Football and Soccer should be put on the Coaches of the team. Currently, there poses a question of how to maintain the enforcement of Anti-concussion protocol. The coaches, players, and athletic trainers all work together to be educated on the signs of a concussion and enforce treatment protocol if concussion is detected. There have been signs of the success in the anti-concussion protocol, as there have been increased reports of…

Brain Injury currently stands 3rd for death and disability in the United States and holds the number one spot for death and disability in Washington State ( (Brain Injury Alliance of Washington , 2016). Currently, every twenty-one seconds, an individual joins the Brain Injury community and yet it is still considered a silent epidemic. We do not come culturally equipped with the same level of understanding or pretext with regard to the side effects and social implications of this injury as one…

There have been many cases of Major League Baseball, MLB, pitchers getting hit in the head with a line drive. Most of these balls are traveling at a speed of over 100 MPH. In the history of the MLB, there has only been one death from getting hit with a ball. That one player was Ray Chapman who got a skull fracture and later died on August 17, 1920. Since then there have been no deaths but many head injuries. Scientists have recently created a hat that has padding on the inside to reduce…

How Football Jeopardizes Young Lives Imagine having a chance to die from just playing America most favorite sport, Football? More than 20 percent of high school students get concussions in just one football season? America’s favorite sports football is played by more than half of the whole population and almost 4 million recorded concussions happened in just one year. Alarmed at the numbers, professionals are trying to make football less detrimental. Since of these high risks, football…

with concussions is the possibility and chances of receiving another. After one injury, a person is one to two times more likely to obtain another (Sports Concussion Institute, 2012). If the brain sustains another injury before the brain has had time to heal, the chemical irregularity will continue to persist and can lead to potentially permanent damages (Giza & Hovda, 2001). With the concern of obtaining another concussion, some may ask if males or females are more likely to get a concussion.…

the level of concussion a player may have sustained 2. Nominal Scale – p.119 – a type of measurement that classifies a category based on numbers Concussions are measured using a nominal scale of 1-5, one being least severe and five being the most severe. 3. Frequency Distribution – p.121 - a type of measurement that helps organize data by grouping the data based on the number of times the same score was achieved Researchers can use frequency distribution to see how many concussions of each…