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What can you do to protect, identify and treat a concussion? Scientist Julie Stamm, author of the book “The Brain on Youth Sports,” offers five tips to raise awareness. How to avoid, identify ...
After a concussion, protocols for safe return to sports practice and competition involve gradual return to play with an appropriate level of medical supervision. [24] To ensure player safety and reduce potential liability, school concussion plans should also have a formal system for tracking compliance, and for identifying and responding to any ...
[29] [30] In 2000, researchers from the Sports Medicine Research Laboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill analyzed 17,549 players from 242 different schools. 888 (5.1%) of the players analyzed have at least one concussion a season, and 131 (14.7%) of them have had another concussion the year later.
As much as the NFL has done in recent years with rules changes designed to take the head out of the game, policies that reduce contact during practices, concussion protocols and safer equipment ...
Concussion grading systems are sets of criteria used in sports medicine to determine the severity, or grade, of a concussion, the mildest form of traumatic brain injury. At least 16 such systems exist, [ 1 ] and there is little agreement among professionals about which is the best to use. [ 2 ]
Basic NFL concussion protocol guidelines. The first part of the protocols defines what a concussion is, along with the signs and symptoms of one. Educational materials are provided to clubs and ...
Concussion Reporting, Data Journalism Alan Schwarz (born July 3, 1968) is a Pulitzer Prize -nominated writer and author, formerly at The New York Times , best known for writing more than 100 articles [ 1 ] that exposed the National Football League's cover-up of concussions and brought the issue of brain injuries in sports to worldwide attention.
The NFL has updated its concussion protocol after several recent head injuries and now the safety spotlight is shining on high school football teams and how student athletes can be better ...