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Christopher Garcia, a junior at South East High School in LA, was injured during a tackle in an Aug. 23 game. He died this week from a brain injury.
A 16-year-old Alabama boy has died after suffering a brain injury while playing a high school football game on Aug. 23. Dr. Bryan Oliver, headmaster at John T. Morgan Academy in Selma, announced ...
There were 16 deaths among football players in 2023, including seven among high school players, according to data collected by the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research.
A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a blow, jolt or penetration to the head that disrupts the function of the brain. Most TBIs are caused by falls, jumps, motor vehicle traffic crashes, being struck by a person or a blunt object, and assault. Student-athletes may be put at risk in school sports, creating concern about concussions and brain injury ...
In the 2005 high school basketball year, 3.6% of reported injuries were concussions, with 30.5% of concussions occurring during rebounds. [52] Incidence rates for concussions in NCAA men's basketball is lower than NCAA women's basketball, at 0.16 concussion per 1,000 athletes compared to 0.22 per 1,000 athletes respectively.
Rocky Mountain High School, football field. The health issues of youth sports are concerns regarding the health and wellbeing of young people between the ages of 6 and 18 who participate in an organized sport. Given that these athletes are physically and mentally underdeveloped, they are particularly susceptible to heat illness, eating ...
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association reported Monday that a Pulaski County High School football player who sustained a brain injury in a game Friday has died.
A sports-related traumatic brain injury is a serious accident which may lead to significant morbidity or mortality.Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in sports are usually a result of physical contact with another person or stationary object, [1] These sports may include boxing, gridiron football, field/ice hockey, lacrosse, martial arts, rugby, soccer, wrestling, auto racing, cycling, equestrian ...