Download or read book Heads Up Concussion Awareness written by Simon Rose and published by Exploring the Brain. This book was released on 2018 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using evidence-based research and best practices, this informative title provides a thorough introduction to concussions. Content includes causes of concussion, physical, cognitive, and emotional, symptoms, treatments, and the recovery process. Case studies, personal accounts from people who have sustained concussions, and injury-prevention tips encourage readers to advocate for their own health and safety as well as for others.
Download or read book Sports Related Concussions in Youth written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past decade, few subjects at the intersection of medicine and sports have generated as much public interest as sports-related concussions - especially among youth. Despite growing awareness of sports-related concussions and campaigns to educate athletes, coaches, physicians, and parents of young athletes about concussion recognition and management, confusion and controversy persist in many areas. Currently, diagnosis is based primarily on the symptoms reported by the individual rather than on objective diagnostic markers, and there is little empirical evidence for the optimal degree and duration of physical rest needed to promote recovery or the best timing and approach for returning to full physical activity. Sports-Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science, Changing the Culture reviews the science of sports-related concussions in youth from elementary school through young adulthood, as well as in military personnel and their dependents. This report recommends actions that can be taken by a range of audiences - including research funding agencies, legislatures, state and school superintendents and athletic directors, military organizations, and equipment manufacturers, as well as youth who participate in sports and their parents - to improve what is known about concussions and to reduce their occurrence. Sports-Related Concussions in Youth finds that while some studies provide useful information, much remains unknown about the extent of concussions in youth; how to diagnose, manage, and prevent concussions; and the short- and long-term consequences of concussions as well as repetitive head impacts that do not result in concussion symptoms. The culture of sports negatively influences athletes' self-reporting of concussion symptoms and their adherence to return-to-play guidance. Athletes, their teammates, and, in some cases, coaches and parents may not fully appreciate the health threats posed by concussions. Similarly, military recruits are immersed in a culture that includes devotion to duty and service before self, and the critical nature of concussions may often go unheeded. According to Sports-Related Concussions in Youth, if the youth sports community can adopt the belief that concussions are serious injuries and emphasize care for players with concussions until they are fully recovered, then the culture in which these athletes perform and compete will become much safer. Improving understanding of the extent, causes, effects, and prevention of sports-related concussions is vitally important for the health and well-being of youth athletes. The findings and recommendations in this report set a direction for research to reach this goal.
Download or read book The Effectiveness of the CDC s Heads Up DVD on Coaching Education Students Knowledge of Sports related Concussions written by Elizabeth Saunders and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author's abstract: According to the National Athletic Trainers' Association only 42% of high schools in the United States have an Athletic Trainer at their High School, therefore when athletes get injured the coaches are often the first responder. This is a challenging situation when it comes to concussions as previous investigations have identified numerous concussion related misconceptions by coaches. To educate the coaches about concussions, the CDC developed the "Heads-Up: Concussion in High School Sports" toolkit in 2005; however the effectiveness of this toolkit has surprisingly received limited investigation. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess coaching education students' concussion knowledge immediately following the CDC's Heads-Up DVD and four weeks later. A potential of 54 item electronic survey. Electronic survey on each schools' online course management system. The respondents (N= 169 age= 22.4 male= 76.9%) represented undergraduate and graduate coaching education students at two regional state universities. The survey was distributed online (host site surveymonkey.com), based on the CDC's Heads-Up DVD, and links to the survey were posted on each institution's course management website. There were three test dates: pre, post and a four week follow up. There was no difference (F1=1.64; P=0.202) in the mean overall score between pre (x=25.65"3.87), post (x=26.12"3.29), and follow up (x=25.32"3.97). There was no significant difference between subjects who had a history of concussion and those that had not (F1=1.54; P=0.220); between delivery methods at any of the assessment time points (F1=2.11; P=0.132); between student degree levels at the pre-assessment or post-assessment (F1=0.00; P=0.992). There was no significant difference between the three assessment dates (F1=2.85; P=0.067) for the mean number of correct responses for the 16-symptom checklist. We found that the CDC's Heads-Up DVD did not increase the coaching education students' knowledge of sports-related concussions. Even immediately after the coaching students watched the DVD there were no significant improvements. Therefore it is suggested that new informative measure be made to help educate coaches about concussions. This could include a new DVD with more current information and presented in a way that coaches can better understand and improve their concussion knowledge.
Download or read book The Heads up on Sport Concussion written by Gary S. Solomon and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2006 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concussions happen at all levels of sport, from the earliest levels through the professional ranks. Potentially catastrophic if not detected early, concussions have ended the careers of many notable professional players--and it's estimated that in high school football alone, about 1 in 5 players suffers a concussion. The Heads-Up on Sport Concussion is a concise introductory book on sport concussion for professionals who work with athletes. It provides a comprehensive review of current literature on sport concussion, and it guides professionals in communicating with athletes, parents, and coaches regarding assessment, treatment, and other issues surrounding sport concussion. In The Heads-Up on Sport Concussion, the authors detail -what happens when the brain is injured; -appropriate assessment and evaluation tools; -sport-specific issues; -how medical organizations are addressing the issue of sport concussion; -medical and nonmedical treatment and rehabilitation strategies; -recent research on a variety of topics in sport concussion; and -essential information for coaches, athletes, and parents. This book is focused and authoritative in its treatment of a poorly understood medical problem. Providing clear clinical management strategies for sport concussion injuries, the text compiles the best available information from different resources and synthesizes the information with summaries and conclusions for easy comprehension. The material is enhanced further with photos and illustrations depicting MRI scans and brain images showing chemical reactions in the brain after an injury. In addition, the text identifies particular sports and sport activities that have the greatest incidence of sport-related concussions, and it reports on and critiques those strategies that are currently in place to combat sport concussion across different sport groups. In The Heads-Up on Sport Concussion, professionals in sports medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, and neuropsychology offer strategies for recognizing and treating sport concussion. The text provides appropriate research resources without getting bogged down by lengthy research critiques. Many chapters include a Research Digest section that identifies critical research data used in developing recommendations and conclusions. Additionally, an educational poster is available for download via the Internet for trainers, physicians, coaches, and sports medicine professionals to use to educate athletes and their families about the signs, symptoms, and treatment of concussion. The poster is available at HumanKinetics.com. The Heads-Up on Sport Concussion provides a current understanding of terminology, assessment, treatment, and criteria for return to play for a range of readers. Researchers, medical professionals, and health care specialists will have a more thorough grasp of the various aspects of sport concussion and thus be able to provide better care and education to athletes who sustain concussions. Its complete treatment of a critical topic makes this a must-read for anyone involved in the care and training of athletes.
Download or read book Head Games written by Christopher Nowinski and published by Chris Nowinski. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From youth football to the NFL, almost no one understands concussions. Children are dying, and NFL players are retiring early and with impairments. Why? The NFL suppresses the true information about head injuries. Nowinski shows how to recognize them, how long to stay out of action, and how to educate teams and players.
Download or read book Heads Up written by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (DHHS/PHS), Atlanta, GA. and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide provides general information to high school sports coaches about concussions. It focuses on the fact that coaches can play a key role in preventing concussions and managing them properly when they occur. The following sections are included: (1) The Facts; (2) Signs and Symptoms; (3) Prevention and Preparation; (4) When a Concussion Occurs; and (5) Communicating Effectively about Concussions.
Download or read book Concussion Awareness written by Mike Shaw and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Okay, so what's the deal about concussions? Have they become so pervasive that parents shouldn't allow their kids to play sports such as football, hockey, baseball, lacrosse, wrestling, or even participate in cheerleading? It seems that parental concern has taken a turn towards overreaction rather than examination of the evidence. While not an attempt to practice medicine, much will be explained in this book about concussions. This book has been written for coaches, trainers, athletes, administrators, mums, dads, and sports fans of all kinds, using language and explanations that are both clear and understandable. Again, do not be so traumatised by all the negative press on concussions that you decide to remove your child from participating in sports, and remember contact sports are not the problem. A CBS news report by Jan Crawford, really underscored the problem with overreaction regarding the concussion issues. As she and so many others have stated, the vast majority of concussions are mild and caution should certainly be exercised. But removing kids from certain sports deprives them of some of the greatest life lessons they will ever experience. The joys of competition, learning sportsmanship, the camaraderie, the fellowship, the lifelong friendships, the recognition for a job well done, all are part of playing youth sports. Parents and families are to be commended for their care, concern and involvement in the activities of their children, but also, to be cognizant of the need their youngster has to be encouraged by their family to positively participate with others in their own peer groups. The vast majority of the time, an impact in sports or even in everyday life does NOT result in a concussion. However, it is far better to err on the side of caution than to tell the injured party, "Just walk it off", or "Hey, it's nothing, you'll be fine". Part of the accountability of a parent, coach, administrator, or trainer is to ALWAYS act in the best interest of those over whom we have responsibility. One of the most important issues we must address in coaching is the need to understand the duty that accompanies the title. Winning the game is great, but regardless of the philosophies of many coaches -- particularly at the youth, high school, and to some degree college level -- winning is secondary to providing a safe and positive learning experience for your players.
Download or read book Heads Up written by National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.). Division of Injury Response and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Back in the Game written by Jeffrey S. Kutcher and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word concussion was unheard of in youth sports a decade ago. The injury was indeed occurring, but youth athletes were often told to "shake it off" after "getting their bell rung". Science and increased awareness about concussion and brain health have transformed the way youth parents, coaches, and players pursue athletics. Fear of incurring concussions, as well as incomplete or incorrect information, is leading some parents to keep their children out of contact sports, such as football and soccer, where concussion is more prevalent. Back in the Game: Why Concussion Doesn't Have to End Your Athletic Career does not dwell on perpetuating fears but, rather, provides the most up-to-date understanding of the condition. This is a real-world discussion of what science and medicine know, what parents and coaches need to understand about concussion, evaluation and treatment, and what possible post-concussive issues exist. The expertise and experiences of noted sports neurologist Jeffrey S. Kutcher, MD, along with reporting and interviews by award-winning sports journalist Joanne C. Gerstner, make this book a timely, relevant, and real discussion about concussions in youth sports. Athletes and professional coaches who have participated in the formation of this book include two-time Olympic gold medalist soccer player Kate Markgraf, former NHL/Team Canada head coach Andy Murray, champion X-Games snowboarder Ellery Hollingsworth, along with an array of youth parents, coaches, and athletes from across the country.
Download or read book League of Denial written by Mark Fainaru-Wada and published by Crown. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The story of how the NFL, over a period of nearly two decades, denied and sought to cover up mounting evidence of the connection between football and brain damage “League of Denial may turn out to be the most influential sports-related book of our time.”—The Boston Globe “Professional football players do not sustain frequent repetitive blows to the brain on a regular basis.” So concluded the National Football League in a December 2005 scientific paper on concussions in America’s most popular sport. That judgment, implausible even to a casual fan, also contradicted the opinion of a growing cadre of neuroscientists who worked in vain to convince the NFL that it was facing a deadly new scourge: a chronic brain disease that was driving an alarming number of players—including some of the all-time greats—to madness. In League of Denial, award-winning ESPN investigative reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru tell the story of a public health crisis that emerged from the playing fields of our twenty-first-century pastime. Everyone knows that football is violent and dangerous. But what the players who built the NFL into a $10 billion industry didn’t know—and what the league sought to shield from them—is that no amount of padding could protect the human brain from the force generated by modern football, that the very essence of the game could be exposing these players to brain damage. In a fast-paced narrative that moves between the NFL trenches, America’s research labs, and the boardrooms where the NFL went to war against science, League of Denial examines how the league used its power and resources to attack independent scientists and elevate its own flawed research—a campaign with echoes of Big Tobacco’s fight to deny the connection between smoking and lung cancer. It chronicles the tragic fates of players like Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steelers center Mike Webster, who was so disturbed at the time of his death he fantasized about shooting NFL executives, and former San Diego Chargers great Junior Seau, whose diseased brain became the target of an unseemly scientific battle between researchers and the NFL. Based on exclusive interviews, previously undisclosed documents, and private emails, this is the story of what the NFL knew and when it knew it—questions at the heart of a crisis that threatens football, from the highest levels all the way down to Pop Warner.
Download or read book Concussed written by Keith Primeau and published by Overtime Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "NHL star Keith Primeau and Kerry Goulet, a former star player in the German Hockey League, have made it their lifelong journey to educate parents, coaches and players about how even one concussion can have serious physical and mental effects. They have great advice on how to cope with sports-related head injuries in children and youth, with tips on symptoms to look for, what to do when you suspect a concussion, guidelines for return to play and the possible long-term effects. Read Keith's story about "Living with a Concussion" as well as the true stories of athletes and families who are living daily with the effects of being concussed."--Publisher.
Download or read book Heads Up written by David Richard Korzinski and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concussions in youth sports have gained increasing attention over the past decade, as connections between head impacts and long-term damage have become more apparent, and as high profile cases of concussions have garnered more consideration in the public discourse. Despite this growing awareness, there is little in the way of basic legislation or policy to protect at-risk youth athletes in British Columbia. The highest incidence of concussion in the general population is among eleven to fourteen year olds in the province. This study investigates policies that other jurisdictions have implemented in efforts to increase awareness among athletes, parents and coaches, and reduce the number of youth concussions.
Download or read book Best Practice for Youth Sport written by Vealey, Robin and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best Practice for Youth Sport tackles the increasing professionalization and specialization of youth sport and the changing culture of youth sport. The text explores developmentally appropriate practice and encourages athlete-centered practices that are truly beneficial for young athletes.
Download or read book Concussions and Our Kids written by Robert C. Cantu and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From America's preeminent expert on the head trauma crisis in sports, a timely, provocative, essential guide to concussions in youth sports--what they are, how to treat them, and how to protect our young athletes.
Download or read book The Concussion Crisis written by Linda Carroll and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the current epidemic of sports-related concussions, including true-life stories of victims and the ongoing research to unravel the mysteries of concussions, as well as the crusade to prevent these types of injuries.
